Etymology

bulbophyllum

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Today it means: Any of the orchids of the genus Bulbophyllum, which are epiphytes and lithophytes. Full definition →

translingual Bulbophyllum
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  1. translingual · borrowed fromBulbophyllum
  2. English todaybulbophyllum

Borrowed from translingual Bulbophyllum, from Latin bulbus (“bulb”) + Ancient Greek φύλλον (phúllon, “leaf”).

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