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on·ci·di·um
(ŏn-sĭd′ē-əm, ŏng-kĭd′-)n.
Any of numerous tropical American orchids of the genus Oncidium, having clusters of showy flowers.
[New Latin Oncidium, genus name : Greek onkos, barb, hook (from the shape of its labellum) + New Latin -idium, diminutive suff. (from Greek -idion).]
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oncidium
(ɒnˈsɪdɪəm)n
(Plants) an American orchid with small yellow and brown clusters of flowers
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on•cid•i•um
(ɒnˈsɪd i əm)n.
any of numerous American orchids of the genus Oncidium, having clusters of showy flowers.
[< New Latin (1800)]
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| Noun | 1. |  oncidium - any orchid of the genus Oncidium: characterized by slender branching sprays of small yellow and brown flowers; often grown as houseplantsorchid, orchidaceous plant - any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors genus Oncidium - large genus of showy epiphytic or lithophytic or terrestrial orchids of tropical and subtropical America |
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