cymbidium
noun
cym·bid·i·um sim-ˈbi-dē-əm 
: any of a genus (Cymbidium) of tropical Old World epiphytic orchids with showy flowers
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web In addition to rows of ranunculus, there’s a rose garden, a cymbidium orchid greenhouse, and a labyrinth made of sweet peas (like a corn maze, but better smelling). 
Amelia Mularz, Los Angeles Magazine, 10 Apr. 2018 The maids where given yellow cymbidium orchids to carry. Sue Strachan, NOLA.com, 9 Feb. 2018 The guest card table vignette included tulips and cymbidium orchids. John-john Williams Iv, baltimoresun.com, 12 May 2017
Amelia Mularz, Los Angeles Magazine, 10 Apr. 2018 The maids where given yellow cymbidium orchids to carry. Sue Strachan, NOLA.com, 9 Feb. 2018 The guest card table vignette included tulips and cymbidium orchids. John-john Williams Iv, baltimoresun.com, 12 May 2017 Word History
Etymology
borrowed from New Latin, genus name, borrowed from Greek kýmbē "cup, bowl, boat" (probably of pre-Greek substratal origin) + -idion, diminutive suffix
Note: The genus name was introduced by the Swedish botanist Olof Swartz (1760-1818) in "Dianome Epidendri Generis. Linn.," Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis, vol. 6 (1799), p. 70.
First Known Use
1815, in the meaning defined above
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