1) Butterfly orchid 2) Butterfly plant 3) Dancing lady orchid 4) Orchid 5) Orchidaceous plant
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Oncidium, abbreviated as Onc. in the horticultural trade, is a genus that contains about 330 species of orchids from the subtribe Oncidiinae of the orchid family (Orchidaceae). As presently conceived (May 2014), it is distributed across much of South America, Central America, Mexico and the West Indies, with one species (O. ensatum) extending into...
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• (n.) A genus of tropical orchidaceous plants, the flower of one species of which (O. Papilio) resembles a butterfly.
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genus of some 450 species of tropical and subtropical American orchids, family Orchidaceae, that vary greatly in size and shape. Most species grow ... [2 related articles]
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On·cid'i·um noun [ New Latin ]
(Botany) A genus of tropical orchidaceous plants, the flower of one species of which (
O. Papilio ) resembles a butterfly.
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Oncidium is a genus of tropical American orchids including the 'dancing lady orchid'. They bear mostly yellow flowers in long racemes or spikes.
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[
n] - any orchid of the genus Oncidium: characterized by slender branching sprays of small yellow and brown flowers
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Oncidium A large genus of tropical American epiphytic or terrestrial orchids, the butterfly orchids, that have flowers of great beauty; especially, in the commonly cultivated, West Indian Oncidium papilio and others grown for ornament.
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dancing lady orchid noun any orchid of the genus Oncidium: characterized by slender branching sprays of small yellow and brown flowers; often grown as houseplants
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