‖ SobraliaBot.|səʊˈbreɪlɪə| [f. the name of the Spanish physician and botanist, F. M. Sobral.] A genus of orchids; a plant belonging to this genus. 1866Treas.Bot. 1068/1 Sobralia, one of the genera of orchids of the tribe Vanillidæ.1882Garden 9 Dec. 508/3 The Sobralias are Central American Orchids.