cattleya

See also: Cattleya

English
Cattleya aurantiaca

Etymology

Named after William Cattley, English botanist.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkatlɪə/

Noun

cattleya (plural cattleyas)

  1. (botany) Any plant of the genus Cattleya, a species of orchid.
    • 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
      The vegetation had again changed, and only the vegetable ivory tree remained, with a great profusion of wonderful orchids, among which I learned to recognize the rare Nuttonia Vexillaria and the glorious pink and scarlet blossoms of Cattleya and odontoglossum.

References

French

Noun

cattleya f (plural cattleyas)

  1. cattleya

Further reading

Spanish

Noun

cattleya f (plural cattleyas)

  1. cattleya
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