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Often grown as houseplants
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oncidium
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. any orchid of the genus Oncidium: characterized by slender branching sprays of small yellow and brown flowers; often grown as houseplants [syn: dancing lady orchid , butterfly plant , butterfly orchid ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Oncidium \On*cid"i*um\, n. [NL.] (Bot.) A genus of tropical orchidaceous plants, the flower of one species of which ( Oncidium Papilio ) resembles a butterfly.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context botany English) Any of the genus (taxlink Oncidium genus) of tropical orchidaceous plants.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
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 ...
Usage examples of oncidium.
Once the Duke had been smitten by the oncidium, however, he instructed Joseph Paxton, the head gardener at his estate Chatsworth, in Derbyshire, to begin acquiring orchids.
He pointed at a large oncidium with two dancing sprays of mothlike blooms in brown, pink, and lavender.
The oncidium had produced a new plant, and rested, and now that trouble showed up, and a temporary glut of water, he was sure a number of the rest of the collection would soon think about blooming.
Upstairs, in the plant rooms on the roof, glazed in, where Wolfe kept his ten thousand orchids, I found him in the middle room turning some off-season Oncidiums that were about to bud, while Horstmann fussed around with a pot of charcoal and osmundine.
I wanted to reach out and tip over one of the Oncidiums, but decided it wouldn't be diplomatic, so I faded.
Inside the door of the first room, which had Odontoglossums, Oncidiums, and Miltonia hybrids, Rowcliff and the dick stopped short.