Home › Words › M › masdevalliamasdevalliamasdevallia means any orchid in the genus Masdevallia, whose species (approximately 500 or 600 depending on circumscription) have flowers of extremely diverse appearance.EtymologyBorrowed from translingual Masdevallia, from Catalan Masdevall (surname, after José Masdevall, Spanish physician and botanist) + translingual -ia.nounAny orchid in the genus Masdevallia, whose species (approximately 500 or 600 depending on circumscription) have flowers of extremely diverse appearance.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.phalaenopsis 61% match — Any of the genus Phalaenopsis of moth orchids. vs masdevallia →cattleya 59% match — Any plant of the genus Cattleya, a genus of orchids. vs masdevallia →miltonia 59% match — Any orchid of the genus Miltonia. vs masdevallia →vanda 58% match — Any orchid of the genus Vanda. vs masdevallia →calanthe 56% match — Any orchid of the genus Calanthe. vs masdevallia →dendrobium 56% match — Any plant of the genus Dendrobium. vs masdevallia →oncidium 55% match — Any of the genus Oncidium of tropical orchidaceous plants. vs masdevallia →phalaenopsid 55% match — Any moth orchid of the genus Phalaenopsis vs masdevallia →