catasetum : Idioms & Phrases

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catasetum macrocarpum

  • noun orchid having both male and female flowers in the same raceme; when a sensitive projection at the base of the column of the male flower is touched the pollen is suddenly ejected
    jumping orchid.
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genus catasetum

  • noun genus of tropical American orchids having showy male and female flowers usually on separate inflorescences
    Catasetum.
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