Definition of Selenipedium

1. Noun. Genus of tall reedlike tropical American orchids; includes species with pods used locally as a substitute for vanilla.

Exact synonyms: Genus Selenipedium
Generic synonyms: Liliopsid Genus, Monocot Genus
Group relationships: Family Orchidaceae, Orchid Family, Orchidaceae

Lexicographical Neighbors of Selenipedium

Selar crumenophthalmus
Selcraig
Seldinger technique
Select
Selected Area Electron Diffraction
Selective Service System
Selects
Selena
Selenarctos
Selenarctos thibetanus
Selene
Selene setapinnis
Selene vomer
Selenicereus
Selenicereus grandiflorus
Selenipedium (current term)
Selenomonas
Seles
Seleucus
Seleucus I
Seleucus I Nicator
Selina
Selivanoff's test
Seljuckian
Seljuk
Seljukian
Seljuks
Seljuq
Seljuqian
Seljuqians

Literary usage of Selenipedium

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

1. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1917)
"Selenipedium. For the species included in this genus in "Cyclopedia of American Horticulture," see ..."

2. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1902)
"As in many orchid genera, the species of Selenipedium are remarkable for the ... A part of the genera Cypripedium and Selenipedium has been separated by ..."

3. Gardeners Chronicle, the Horticultural Trade Journal (1897)
"]t lies buried with the rest of his Orchids for twenty-five yea», along with other uniques which had been entrusted to him. Selenipedium ..."

4. List of Published Names of Plants Introduced to Cultivation: 1876 to 1896 by Kew Royal Botanic Gardens, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (1900)
"Selenipedium Helenas. (ö. and F. 1891, lili.) S. A garden hybrid between 6'. ... Selenipedium reticulatum. (zit 10.) S. A remarkable species with whitish П. ..."

5. The Amateur Orchid Cultivators' Guide Book by H. A. Burberry (1900)
"Plants of this variety should be purchased at from 5s. to 7s. 6d. per strong flowering leading growth. Selenipedium (CYPRIPEDIUM) ..."

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