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单词 cattleya
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Definition of cattleya in English:

cattleya

noun ˈkatlɪəˈkatlēə
  • A tropical American orchid with brightly coloured showy flowers and thick leaves, typically growing as an epiphyte.

    Genus Cattleya, family Orchidaceae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The Orchid House offers the visitors a captivating display of exotic blooms of cattleya, dendrobium, arachnis, oncidium, phalaenopsis, vandal and their hybrids.
    • In fact today orchids like the phalaenopsis or cattleyas are very easy to grow.
    • There are many popular types of orchid, including cattleyas, dendrobiums, oncidiums and vandas.
    • The collection includes cattleyas (familiar corsage orchids); miltonias (pansy orchids), with teardrop patterns in the center of the flowers; phalaenopsis (moth orchids); and oncidiums (what florists call spray orchids).
    • S. cattleya is apparently capable of generating fluoroacetaldehyde in vivo from metabolic intermediates, presumably by reacting them with inorganic fluoride.

Origin

Early 19th century: modern Latin, named after William Cattley (died 1832), English patron of botany.

 
 

Definition of cattleya in US English:

cattleya

nounˈkatlēə
  • A tropical American orchid with brightly colored showy flowers and thick leaves, typically growing as an epiphyte. It is a popular greenhouse plant, with many hybrids.

    Genus Cattleya, family Orchidaceae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The Orchid House offers the visitors a captivating display of exotic blooms of cattleya, dendrobium, arachnis, oncidium, phalaenopsis, vandal and their hybrids.
    • S. cattleya is apparently capable of generating fluoroacetaldehyde in vivo from metabolic intermediates, presumably by reacting them with inorganic fluoride.
    • In fact today orchids like the phalaenopsis or cattleyas are very easy to grow.
    • There are many popular types of orchid, including cattleyas, dendrobiums, oncidiums and vandas.
    • The collection includes cattleyas (familiar corsage orchids); miltonias (pansy orchids), with teardrop patterns in the center of the flowers; phalaenopsis (moth orchids); and oncidiums (what florists call spray orchids).

Origin

Early 19th century: modern Latin, named after William Cattley (died 1832), English patron of botany.

 
 
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