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Definition of Tulip orchid
1. Noun. Mexican epiphytic orchid with glaucous grey-green leaves and lemon- to golden-yellow flowers appearing only partially opened; sometimes placed in genus Cattleya.
Exact synonyms: Cattleya Citrina, Encyclia Citrina
Generic synonyms: Orchid, Orchidaceous Plant
Group relationships: Encyclia, Genus Encyclia
Generic synonyms: Orchid, Orchidaceous Plant
Group relationships: Encyclia, Genus Encyclia
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tulip Orchid
Literary usage of Tulip orchid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Amateur Orchid Cultivators' Guide Book by H. A. Burberry (1900)
"... eccentric manner when the flowers are touched, being delicately connected by
a thread-like ligament, and is known as the Cradle, also the tulip orchid. ..."
2. The Lucky Number by Isaac Kahn Friedman (1896)
"In the swamps of Florida there grows the tulip orchid—"a learned man could give
it a clumsy name"—of the most exquisite pink shade and the most delicate ..."
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