oncidium papilio

1. 1.

   orchid of South America and Trinidad having large yellow and reddish-brown flowers; sometimes placed in genus Oncidium

   SynonymsPsychopsis papilio

   Broaderbutterfly orchid

Questions about oncidium papilio

What does oncidium papilio mean?

oncidium papilio means "orchid of South America and Trinidad having large yellow and reddish-brown flowers; sometimes placed in genus Oncidium".

What is another word for oncidium papilio?

Close synonyms include Psychopsis papilio. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is oncidium papilio a common word?

oncidium papilio is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.