CYMBID

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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

Synonyms:

cymbid; cymbidium

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("cymbid" 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 ("cymbid" is a member of...):

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

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