Definition of Cattleya

1. Noun. Any orchid of the genus Cattleya characterized by a three-lobed lip enclosing the column; among the most popular and most extravagantly beautiful orchids known.

Generic synonyms: Orchid, Orchidaceous Plant
Group relationships: Genus Cattleya

Definition of Cattleya

1. Noun. (botany) Any plant of the genus ''Cattleya'', a species of orchid. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cattleya

1. a tropical orchid [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cattleya

cattle ranch
cattle station
cattle stations
cattle thief
cattle trail
cattle warts
cattlelike
cattleman
cattlemen
cattleperson
cattleprod
cattleship
cattlewoman
cattlewomen
cattley guava
cattleya (current term)
cattleyas
catty
catty-corner
catty-cornered
cattycorner
cattywampus
catumaxomab
catvertising
catwalk
catwalker
catwalkers
catwalklike
catwalks
catwise

Literary usage of Cattleya

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"Fls. rather small ; petals and sepals deeper colored than in the type species- ; labellum relatively 386. cattleya labiata. var. ..."

2. Paxton's Flower Garden by Sir Joseph Paxton, John Lindley, Thomas Baines (1883)
"THIS is the cattleya mentioned in ... It is nearly related to the Moss cattleya, from whieh it differs in having very long furrowed ..."

3. Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society by Horticultural Society of London (1846)
"cattleya MAXIMA. Lindley, Gen.fy Sp. Orck., p. 116. ... When they first expanded they were of nearly the same colour as those of cattleya intermedia, ..."

4. The Garden: An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Gardening in All Its Branches by Esther Baldwin York (1906)
"One of the most remarkable was cattleya Lord Rothschild, a large and strikingly handsome hybrid raised at Weston- blrt between ..."

5. World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Ill., 1893 by United States World's Columbian Commission. Committee on Awards (1901)
"1 block of mixed orchids about 2 feet high. 1 block 2 feet 6 inches high of cattleya ... These exhibits consist of— Stanhopea. Oncidium. cattleya. ..."

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