odontoglossum
IPA: oʊdˈɑntʌgɫˈɑsʌm
noun
- Any of very many orchids of the genus Odontoglossum.
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Examples of "odontoglossum" in Sentences
- "A white _odontoglossum crispum_, with crimson spots!"
- They are very varied and are easily hybridised with Odontoglossum.
- Vexillaria and the glorious pink and scarlet blossoms of Cattleya and odontoglossum.
- The finest species is the _odontoglossum_, having long, chocolate-colored petals, margined with yellow.
- "Oh, she of the golden hair and the white _odontoglossum_," sighed the little Frenchman, rolling up his eyes.
- "I found her lying on a silken divan in the deserted house, her hands clasped over a little white flower like an odontoglossum, which lay on her breast.
- 'It is found upon the lower Himalayan slopes, and bears a close resemblance to the white odontoglossum of commerce, except that the flower is much smaller.
- She held in her hand an orchid, its structure that of an odontoglossum, but of a delicate green colour heavily splashed with scarlet -- a weird and unnatural-looking bloom.
- Now the conservatory was what Miss Mapp considered a potting-shed with a glass roof, and the orchids were one anæmic odontoglossum, and there would scarcely be room besides that for Mr.. Poppit and Mr. Wyse.
- The vegetation had again changed, and only the vegetable ivory tree remained, with a great profusion of wonderful orchids, among which I learned to recognize the rare Nuttonia Vexillaria and the glorious pink and scarlet blossoms of Cattleya and odontoglossum.