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gongora|ˈgɒŋgərə|
[mod.L. (Ruiz & Pavon Floræ Peruvianæ et Chilensis Prodromus (1794) 117), f. the name of Don Antonio Caballero y Góngora (fl. 1782), Viceroy of New Granada.]
A plant or flower of the genus of tropical American orchids so named.
1827W. J. Hooker Exotic Flora III. tab. 178 (heading) Dark-flowered Gongora. 1910C. H. Curtis Orchids for Everyone 188 The Gongoras have a quaintness that is attractive, but the species are of little value except as curiosities. 1951Dict. Gardening (R. Hort. Soc.) II. 907/2 Gongoras often develop numerous erect, aerial roots. |