miltonia

[mil-toh-nee-uh]

mil·to·ni·a

[mil-toh-nee-uh]
noun
any of various epiphytic tropical American orchids of the genus Miltonia, having sprays of showy, flat, variously colored flowers.
Also called pansy orchid.


Origin:
< Neo-Latin (1837), after Charles W. W. Fitzwilliam, Viscount Milton (1786–1857), English statesman and horticulturist; see -ia
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Miltonia is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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miltonia

noun
genus of tropical American orchids 
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