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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A genus of orchidaceous plants of the tribe Epidendreæ, type of the subtribe Lælieæ, having the sepals and petals flat, the lateral lobes of the lip broad and loosely investing the column, and the flowers large and showy.

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