Cottonia

Translingual

Etymology

From English Cotton (surname) +‎ -ia, named after Frederick Conyers Cotton.

Coined by Scottish surgeon, botanist and botanical collector Robert Wight in 1851.

Proper noun

Cottonia f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Orchidaceae – Cottonia peduncularis, a certain species of epiphytic orchid.

See also

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