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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024on•cid•i•um (on sid′ē əm),USA pronunciation n. - Plant Biologyany of numerous tropical American orchids of the genus Oncidium, having clusters of flowers showing great variety in size, form, and color. Also called dancing lady orchid.
- Neo-Latin (1800), equivalent. to Greek onk(o)- (combining form of ónkos barb of an arrow) + Neo-Latin -idium -idium; so called from the crests on the labellum
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