Cattleya

any of several tropical American orchids of the genus Cattleya, having showy flowers ranging from white to purple.
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noun
any tropical American orchid of the genus Cattleya, cultivated for their purplish-pink or white showy flowers

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cater-cornered. adjective a variant of cater-cornered adj., adv. 1838, earlier cater-cornered (1835, American English), from now-obsolete cater “to set or move diagonally” (1570s), from Middle French catre “four,” from Latin quattuor (see four). Cf. carrefour.
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