cymbidium

WORDNET DICTIONARY

cymbidium(n = noun.plant) cymbid - 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; Array

is a kind of orchid, orchidaceous plant

is a member of genus cymbidium

cymbidium, n. any tropical orchid of the genus Cymbidium, with a recess in the flower-lip.

Etymology

mod.L f. Gk kumbe cup