also: カトレア
noun
cattleya; cattleya orchid
A type of orchid, often mentioned as an ornamental flower or greenhouse plant. Written in katakana as a loanword plant name.
from Latin
温室でカトレヤを育てている。
I am growing cattleyas in the greenhouse.
カトレアの大きな花が咲いた。
A large cattleya flower bloomed.
Katakana plant name; this form has frequency/priority and no kanji form is given.
Attested variant spelling for the same orchid name.
Borrowed from scientific Latin Cattleya, the orchid genus name; Latin is the language source. The Japanese spelling is a katakana adaptation.