Cordula

noun

Cor·​du·​la

kȯ(r)ˈd(y)ülə;

ˈkȯ(r)d(y)ələ,

-(r)jələ

: a large genus of tropical Old World terrestrial orchids resembling the common lady's-slippers

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, probably irregular from Late Greek kordylē club, from Greek, bump, swelling; probably from the shape of the column

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