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Cordula

noun
Cor·​du·​la | \ kȯ(r)ˈd(y)ülə; ˈkȯ(r)d(y)ələ, -(r)jələ\

Definition of Cordula

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

History and Etymology for Cordula

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

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