Oncidium

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Oncidium \On*cid"i*um\, n. [NL.] (Bot.)
     A genus of tropical orchidaceous plants, the flower of one
     species of which ({Oncidium Papilio}) resembles a butterfly.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  oncidium
       n : any orchid of the genus Oncidium: characterized by slender
           branching sprays of small yellow and brown flowers; often
           grown as houseplants [syn: {dancing lady orchid}, {butterfly
           plant}, {butterfly orchid}]