Orchis meaning

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An orchid; specif., any of a genus (Orchis) with small purplish or white flowers growing in spikes.
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Any of various temperate orchids of the genus Orchis and related genera, having yellow or purple, sometimes spotted flowers.
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Any of various temperate orchids of the genus Orchis and related genera, having yellow or purple, sometimes spotted flowers.
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Any plant of the genus Orchis; an orchid.
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A taxonomic genus within the family Orchidaceae "” the orchids.
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Origin of orchis

  • Latin orchid orchid

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Latin, from ὄρχις (orchis, “testicle, plant with tuber so shaped, in genus Orchis")

    From Wiktionary

Orchis Sentence Examples

  • The word Orchis is used in a special sense to denote a particular genus of the Orchid family (Orchidaceae); very frequently, also, it is employed in a more general way to indicate any member of that large and very interesting group. It will be convenient here to use the word Orchis as applying to that particular genus which gives its name to the order or family, and to employ the term "orchid" in the less precise sense.

  • - Diagram illustrating arrangement of parts in flower of Orchis.

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