vanda

vanda

(ˈvændə) n (Plants) any epiphytic orchid of the E hemisphere genus Vanda, having white, mauve, blue, or greenish fragrant flowers[C19: New Latin, from Hindi vandā mistletoe, from Sanskrit]

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vanda - any of numerous showy orchids of the genus Vanda having many large flowers in loose racemesorchid, orchidaceous plant - any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colorsgenus Vanda - genus of showy epiphytic orchids of Himalayas to Malaysiablue orchid, Vanda caerulea - famous orchid of northern India having large pale to deep lilac-blue flowers