Dendrobium
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Any plant of the genus Dendrobium.
"“I think there are a lot of people like me who would not have become a collector were it not for Chadwick’s,” says Sarah Ann Scott, who lives in Chesterfield County. She is dropping off two bloomed-out dendrobiums and a cattleya and picking up a perky slipper orchid."
- 2 a plant of the genus Dendrobium having stems like cane and usually showy racemose flowers wordnet
Example
More examples"“I think there are a lot of people like me who would not have become a collector were it not for Chadwick’s,” says Sarah Ann Scott, who lives in Chesterfield County. She is dropping off two bloomed-out dendrobiums and a cattleya and picking up a perky slipper orchid."
Etymology
Borrowed from translingual Dendrobium.