oncidium, dancing lady orchid, butterfly plant, butterfly orchid
(noun) any orchid of the genus Oncidium: characterized by slender branching sprays of small yellow and brown flowers; often grown as houseplants
Source: WordNet® 3.1
From the genus name.
oncidium (plural oncidiums)
(botany) Any of the genus Oncidium of tropical orchidaceous plants.
• conidium, dimuonic
Source: Wiktionary
On*cid"i*um, n. Etym: [NL.] (Bot.)
Definition: A genus of tropical orchidaceous plants, the flower of one species of which (O. Papilio) resembles a butterfly.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
12 March 2025
(noun) small Australian parakeet usually light green with black and yellow markings in the wild but bred in many colors
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
