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Bletilla

noun

small genus of chiefly east Asiatic hardy terrestrial orchids similar to genus Bletia

• Syn: ↑genus Bletilla

• Hypernyms: ↑monocot genus, ↑liliopsid genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Orchidaceae, ↑family Orchidaceae, ↑orchid family

• Member Meronyms: ↑Bletilla striata, ↑Bletia striata

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\\blə̇ˈtilə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, alteration of Bletia

: a small genus of chiefly Asiatic terrestrial orchids that resemble those of the genus Bletia and include one (B. striata) that is cultivated in several horticultural forms in the open in mild climates or in the cool greenhouse

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/bli til"euh/, n.

any of several terrestrial orchids of the genus Bletilla, of eastern Asia, as B. striata, having terminal clusters of showy purple or white flowers.

[ < NL, equiv. to Blet(ia) a similar genus (named in honor of Louis Blet, botanist and apothecary at the Spanish court in 1794; see -IA) + L -illa -ILLA]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.