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epidendrum|ɛpɪˈdɛndrəm|
Also -dendron.
[mod.L. (C. Linnæus Genera Plantarum (1737) 272), f. Gr. ἐπί upon + δένδρον tree. Cf. epidendral, -ic adjs.]
Any of various chiefly epiphytic orchids of the genus so named, native to the western hemisphere (esp. tropical America).
1791W. Jones Let. 18 Oct. (1821) II. 155 The most lovely epidendrum that ever was seen..grew on a lofty amra. 1842Florist's Jrnl. (1846) III. 212 A fine orchidaceous plant, with the habit of an Epidendron. 1890Watson & Bean Orchids xxxi. 237 The list of useful garden Epidendrums is a fairly long one. 1910C. H. Curtis Orchids 100 All Epidendrums are evergreen. 1951Dict. Gardening (R. Hort. Soc.) II. 749/1 The so-called true Epidendrums have cylindric reed-like, often slender, stems. 1955E. Pound Classic Anthol. i. 30 Feeble as a gourd stalk (epidendrum). |