WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
den•dro•bi•um
(den drō′bē əm),USA pronunciation n.
- Plant Biologyany of numerous epiphytic orchids of the genus Dendrobium, native to tropical and subtropical regions of the Eastern Hemisphere, having variously colored, often showy flowers.
- Greek -bion, neuter of -bios -lived, having such a life, living on (adjective, adjectival derivative of bíos life; see bio-)
- Neo-Latin (1799), equivalent. to Greek dendro- dendro- + Neo-Latin -bium
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