English Explanatory Dictionary

masdevallia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any orchid in the genus Masdevallia, whose species (approximately 500 or 600 depending on circumscription) have flowers of extremely diverse appearance.

Word forms

masdevallia masdevallias

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Masdevallia, from Catalan Masdevall (surname, after José Masdevall, Spanish physician and botanist) + translingual -ia.

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