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miltonia

American

[mil-toh-nee-uh] / mɪlˈtoʊ ni ə /

noun

any of various epiphytic tropical American orchids of the genus Miltonia, having sprays of showy, flat, variously colored flowers.

< New Latin (1837), after Charles W. W. Fitzwilliam, Viscount Milton (1786–1857), English statesman and horticulturist; see -ia

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