NOUN
- any of various showy orchids of the genus Calanthe having white or yellow or rose-colored flowers and broad leaves folded lengthwise
How To Use calanthe In A Sentence
- -- Regular dimerous flower of _Calanthe vestita_.] [Illustration: FIG. Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants
- Regular dimerous flower of _Calanthe vestita_ 402 199. Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants
- And so Calanthe remained a partial autonomy; half self-governed and half controlled by the fear of the Liberators.
- Orchids, however, have all possible tetrad types: linear, decussate, square, tetrahedral, rhomboid and T-shaped are all reported, e.g. in Calanthe discolor which has a soft pollinium.
