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Noun: cymbidium  sim'bi-dee-um
  1. Any of various plants of the genus Cymbidium having narrow leaves and a long drooping cluster of numerous showy and variously coloured boat-shaped flowers; extensively hybridized and cultivated as houseplants and important florists' flowers
    - cymbid

Derived forms: cymbidiums

Type of: orchid, orchidaceous plant

Part of: genus Cymbidium

Encyclopedia: Cymbidium

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