CATTLEYA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cattleya mean? 

• CATTLEYA (noun)
  The noun CATTLEYA has 1 sense:

1. any orchid of the genus Cattleya characterized by a three-lobed lip enclosing the column; among the most popular and most extravagantly beautiful orchids known

  Familiarity information: CATTLEYA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CATTLEYA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any orchid of the genus Cattleya characterized by a three-lobed lip enclosing the column; among the most popular and most extravagantly beautiful orchids known

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("cattleya" is a kind of...):

orchid; orchidaceous plant (any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors)

Holonyms ("cattleya" is a member of...):

genus Cattleya (large and highly valued genus of beautiful tropical American epiphytic or lithophytic orchids; the typical orchids; known in many varieties)

 Context examples 

A broad-spectrum, semi-synthetic beta-lactam carbapenem derived from thienamycin, produced by Streptomyces cattleya.

(Imipenem, NCI Thesaurus)