Definition of "epidendrum" []

• A large genus of orchids, most of the species of which are epiphytic, growing on trees. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "LicenseThis work is published under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License. bryan i'm gonna sneak up to your house at night dresed in a ninja outfit of course and steal a bit of that orange epidendrum. does that name mean it'll be living in a tree? zcopley"
• "From the ever-green forests of Papantla and Nautla comes the _epidendrum vanilla_, whose odoriferous fruit is used as a perfume."
• ""There's nothing so really pat," suggested the company smiling; "as 'the orchid-smell-laden breeze' and 'the dew-bedecked epidendrum!""