CYMBIDIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cymbidium mean? 

• CYMBIDIUM (noun)
  The noun CYMBIDIUM has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: CYMBIDIUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CYMBIDIUM (noun)

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

cymbid; cymbidium

Hypernyms ("cymbidium" is a kind of...):

orchid; orchidaceous plant (any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors)

Holonyms ("cymbidium" is a member of...):

genus Cymbidium (genus of tropical epiphytic or terrestrial Old World orchids; one of the most popular orchid genera)