Meanings
noundendrobium (plural dendrobiums)
plural dendrobiums
- biologyAny plant of the genus Dendrobium.
“I think there are a lot of people like me who would not have become a collector were it not for Chadwick’s,” says Sarah Ann Scott, who lives in Chesterfield County. She is dropping off two bloomed-out dendrobiums and a cattleya and picking up a perky slipper orchid.
2019 April 10, Adrian Higgins, “This florist started caring for ailing orchids on the side. He’s now babysitting 13,000.”, in The Washington Post
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
- translingualDendrobium
- translingualDendrobium
- Englishdendrobium
Borrowed from Translingual Dendrobium.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic دَنْدَرُوب
- دَنْدَرُوب (dandarūb)Translations
French dendrobium
- dendrobiumTranslations
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APA
dendrobium. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dendrobium
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“dendrobium.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dendrobium. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dendrobium,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dendrobium.
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