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laelia

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lae⋅li⋅a

[lee-lee-uh]
–noun
any of several epiphytic tropical American orchids of the genus Laelia, having fleshy leaves and showy flowers.

Origin:
< NL (1763), perh. after Caius Laelius, Roman statesman of the 2d century b.c.; see -a 2
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laelia

noun
any of various spectacular plants of the genus Laelia having showy flowers in many colors 
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