miltonia

[ mil-toh-nee-uh ]

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of miltonia¹

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

Example Sentences

Old-fashioned people have not yet learned to call Odontoglossum vexillarium a Miltonia.

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