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vanda (van′də)

noun

any of a genus (Vanda) of small-flowered tropical orchids of the Eastern Hemisphere, having racemes of fragrant white, lilac, blue, or greenish flowers

Etymology: ModL < Hindi vandā, mistletoe < Sans, a parasitic plant

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