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cattleya Bot.|ˈkætlɪə|
[mod.L., f. name of William Cattley, an English patron of botany: see -ia.]
An epiphytal plant belonging to the orchidaceous genus Cattleya, native to Central America and Brazil, bearing handsome violet, rose-coloured, or yellow flowers.
1828Bot. Reg. XIV. 1172 Curled-petaled Cattleya. 1838Paxton's Mag. Bot. V. 6 Cattleyas thrive best in a degree of heat below that required for the major part of orchidæous plants. 1927Times (weekly ed.) 2 June 603/1 An absolutely clear yellow cattleya. 1938S. Beckett Murphy iv. 50 Neary arrived with a superb bunch of cattleyas. |