[Fictionary] Masdevallia sighting

[Jean-Joseph Cote]

Heck, I can't even figure out which definition was mine!

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On May 4, 2019, 21:53, at 21:53, Jim Moskowitz <jim at jimmosk.com> wrote:
>
>> On May 4, 2019, at 9:04 PM, Ranjit Bhatnagar <ranjit at moonmilk.com>
>wrote:
>> 
>> How long ago was Masdevallia a fictionary word? I've got at least 15
>years archived here and couldn't find it! ...I'm too lazy to dig up the
>older archives. 
>
>Almost 18 years ago! To which definitions would you give points
>nowadays?
>
>
>Date: 2 Aug 2001 20:29:14 -0000
>Message-ID: <20010802202914.27202.qmail at smtp.bwn.net>
>To: fictionary at plover.com
>Subject: Make Your Fictionary Selections!
>From: hutch at bewellnet.com
>
>
>I notice that no one could make this word into anything but a noun.
>
>Usual voting rules: Give 2 points to the one you think most likely, 1
>point to the runner-up.
>
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>masdevallia : n. 1) a treasure trove or cornucopia, a sort of Spanish
>potlatch 2) a semi-tropical viney plant with profuse pink to magenta to
>maroon blooms 3) a festival of giving away old household goods to new
>homes, so named for the flowery vines used to decorate the trays and
>baskets and carts of the participants
>
>masdevallia : n. a large genus of tropical American orchids whose
>flowers have sepals fused at the base forming a tube; includes orchids
>sometimes placed in genera Dracula and Dryadella
>
>masdevallia : n. a creamy Italian confection, flavored with almond
>extract
>
>masdevallia : n. an exiled political leader with aspirations to return
>home in triumph and establish a semi-dictatorial Catholic Socialist
>regime; see Jorge Mas Canosa and Eamon de Valera
>
>masdevallia : n. a large, flightless snail (Achatina loricata) native
>to the Atlantic coast of Central America, prized for its ability to
>clear blocked pipes
>
>masdevallia : n. a repetitious dream about waking
>
>masdevallia : n. a dance popular in Provence in the sixteenth and
>seventeenth centuries, in which young men and women exchanged
>handkerchiefs scented with their sweat
>
>masdevallia : n. a flowering herb native to central and southern Europe
>
>masdevallia : n. items left in the suitcase after a voyage
>
>masdevallia : n. (Obs.) 1) any prosthetic device worn on the face or
>head 2) dentures
>
>masdevallia : n. foodstuffs used for religious purposes, e.g. wafers
>consumed during the Catholic rite of communion
>
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>Good luck!
>
>BB,
>Hutch
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