Crossword clues for cymbidium
WordNet
n. any of various plants of the genus Cymbidium having narrow leaves and a long drooping cluster of numerous showy and variously colored boat-shaped flowers; extensively hybridized and cultivated as houseplants and important florists' flowers [syn: cymbid]
Wikipedia
Cymbidium , or boat orchid, is a genus of 52 evergreen species in the orchid family Orchidaceae. The new Latin genus name is derived from the Latin cymba meaning boat. Its first known use was in 1815.
Cymbidium may refer to:
- Cymbidium, the boat orchids, a plant genus in the family Orchidaceae
- Cymbidium (brachiopod), a Silurian brachiopod genus
Cymbidium is a brachiopod genus in the order Pentamerida from Silurian Alaska, from the Cape Phillips Formation from Baillie-Hamilton Island, Arctic Canada and Malaya.
Usage examples of "cymbidium".
Napkins folded like silken husks sprouted dewy-fresh cymbidium orchids.
In front of the windows were simple, iron plant stands, each bearing a pot of fabulous white cymbidium orchids.
The perfumes of verbena and cymbidium and Yggdrasil entered the room, blending with the fusty, musty odours of the countless leather-bound volumes overflowing from the ancient bookcases that hid the walls.
She carried a bouquet of cymbidium orchids, and she was shaking with nerves.
He was sitting at his desk examining with a magnifying glass the rostellum from a Cymbidium Alexanderi that Horstmann had brought down wilty on the stem.
In the next room, Cattleyas, Laelias, hybrids, and miscellaneous, Theodore Horstmann was over at one side pouring fertilizer on a row of Cymbidiums, which are terrestrials, and Rowcliff took a look at him but didn't say anything.