cymbidium

noun

any of various plants of the genus Cymbidium having narrow leaves and a long drooping cluster of numerous showy and variously colored boat-shaped flowers

Roots

kymbecymb- · Greek · cup, hollow boat idion-idium · Greek · diminutive

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