cymbidium (redirected from cymbidiums)

cym·bid·i·um  (sm-bd-m)

n.

Any of various epiphytic orchids of the genus Cymbidium, native to tropical Asia and Australia and extensively hybridized and cultivated for their elongate clusters of showy blooms.

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[New Latin Cymbidium, genus name, from Latin cymba, boat, from Greek kumb.]

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cymbidium - any of various plants of the genus Cymbidium having narrow leaves and a long drooping cluster of numerous showy and variously colored boat-shaped flowers; extensively hybridized and cultivated as houseplants and important florists' flowers cymbid orchid, orchidaceous plant - any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors genus Cymbidium - genus of tropical epiphytic or terrestrial Old World orchids; one of the most popular orchid genera