orchid
English
Orchis lactea with root visible.
Etymology
From Latin orchis, from Ancient Greek ὄρχις (órkhis, “orchid, testicle”) (ostensibly from the shape of the roots[1]).
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈɔɹkɪd/
Noun
orchid (plural orchids)
- a plant of the orchid family (Orchidaceae), bearing unusually-shaped flowers of beautiful colours.
- (colour) a light bluish-red, violet-red or purple colour.
- orchid colour:
Translations
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Derived terms
Derived terms
- bee orchid
- fly orchid
- fragrant orchid
- hyacinth orchid
- monkey orchid
- musk orchid
- odontoglossum
- orchid bee
- orchid tree
- orchidaceous
- orchidectomy
- orchidopexy
- orchis
- polyorchidism
- scented orchid
- vanda orchid
See also
Other articles
- Cattleya
- clinandrium
- coralroot
- Cymbidium
- fringed orchis
- gold bee
- helleborine
- labellum
- ladies' tresses
- lady's slipper
- puttyroot
- rattlesnake plantain
- resupinate
- salep
- swamp pink
- twayblade
- Vanda
- Appendix:Colors
References
- ὄρχις in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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