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cattleya

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catt=ley=a

CIDE DICTIONARY

cattleyan. 
     any orchid of the genus Cattleya characterized by a hood-shaped three-lobed lip enclosing the column; they are among the most popular and most extravagantly beautiful orchids known. Called also cattleya orchid.  [WordNet 1.5]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

cattleya, n. any epiphytic orchid of the genus Cattleya, with handsome violet, pink, or yellow flowers.

Etymology
mod.L f. W. Cattley, Engl. patron of botany d. 1832

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