Oberon (oberon)

[Also Auberon, Alberon; of OHG. origin, ult. akin to elf.] 1. In med i eval myth., the king of the fairies. Why should Titania cro her Oberon ? Shak., M. N. D., ii. 1. 119. 2. A satellite of the planet Uranus. Oberonia (ō-be-rō'ni-ä), n . [NL. (Lindley, 1830), named after the fairy king, Oberon .] A genus of orchids of the tribe Epidendreæ and the subtribe Liparieæ , peculiar in the many leaves in two ranks. There are about 50 species, of tropical Asia, Australia, the Mascarene Islands, and the islands of the Pacific. They are tufted epiphytes destitute of bulbs, with many small flowers in a dense terminal spike or ra- ceme. The flowers of all the species mimic insects or other animal forms. oberration (ob-e-rā'shon), n. [ Obesa (ō-bē'sä), n. pl. [NL.,