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a plant of the genus Dendrobium having stems like cane and usually showy racemose flowers

1. capitalized : a genus of epiphytic orchids that are chiefly native to tropical and subtropical Asia and have stems resembling canes and racemose flowers in which the labellum is connate with or articulate to the base of the column

2. -s : any plant of the genus Dendrobium

/den droh"bee euhm/, n.

any of numerous epiphytic orchids of the genus Dendrobium, native to tropical and subtropical regions of the Eastern Hemisphere, having variously colored, often showy flowers.

[ < NL (1799), equiv. to Gk dendro- DENDRO- + NL -bium < Gk -bion, neut. of -bios -lived, having such a life, living on (adj. deriv. of bíos life; see BIO-)]

dendrōˈbium noun

(Gr bios life) any plant of the large genus Dendrobium of epiphytic orchids, chiefly of tropical Asia

Main Entry: ↑dendro-