| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| cattleya |
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| SYLLABICATION: | cat·tle·ya |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  k t l - |
| NOUN: | Any of various tropical American, mostly epiphytic orchids of the genus Cattleya, much hybridized and extensively cultivated for their showy, variously colored flowers. | | ETYMOLOGY: | New Latin Cattleya, genus name, after William Cattley (died 1832), British patron of botany.
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