| buckleya | (n) parasitic shrub of the eastern United States having opposite leaves and insignificant greenish flowers followed by oily dull green olivelike fruits, Syn. Buckleya distichophylla |
| cattleya | (n) any orchid of the genus Cattleya characterized by a three-lobed lip enclosing the column; among the most popular and most extravagantly beautiful orchids known |
| genus buckleya | (n) small genus of Asiatic and American parasitic shrubs |
| genus cattleya | (n) large and highly valued genus of beautiful tropical American epiphytic or lithophytic orchids; the typical orchids; known in many varieties |
| huxleyan | (adj) of or relating to Thomas Huxley, Syn. Huxleian |
| stanleya | (n) prince's plume, Syn. genus Stanleya |
| wesleyan | (n) a follower of Wesleyanism |
| wesleyanism | (n) evangelical principles taught by John Wesley, Syn. Wesleyism |
| wesleyan methodist church | (n) the original Methodist Church, Syn. Wesleyan Methodists |
| desert plume | (n) perennial of southwestern United States having leathery blue-green pinnatifid leaves and thick plumelike spikes of yellow flowers; sometimes placed in genus Cleome, Syn. Stanleya pinnata, Cleome pinnata, prince's-plume |
| methodist | (adj) of or pertaining to or characteristic of the branch of Protestantism adhering to the views of Wesley, Syn. Wesleyan, Example: Methodist theology |
| tulip orchid | (n) Mexican epiphytic orchid with glaucous grey-green leaves and lemon- to golden-yellow flowers appearing only partially opened; sometimes placed in genus Cattleya, Syn. Cattleya citrina, Encyclia citrina |
