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Orchidean

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Or`chid´e`an

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(Bot.) Orchidaceous.

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As soon as three Orchidean forms (Monochanthus, Myanthus, and Catasetum), which had previously been ranked as three distinct genera, were known to be sometimes produced on the same spike, they were immediately included as a single species.

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