Orchid
['ɔːkɪd] or ['ɔrkɪd]
Definition
(noun.) any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors.
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Definition
(n.) Any plant of the order Orchidaceae. See Orchidaceous.
Checker: Victoria
Definition
n. a plant with a rich showy often fragrant flower frequently found growing in warm countries on rocks and stems of trees.—adjs. Orchidā′ceous Orchid′ēous pertaining to the orchids.—ns. Orchidol′ogy the knowledge of orchids; Or′chis a genus containing ten of the British species of orchids.
Typist: Murray
Examples
- In other orchids the threads cohere at one end of the pollen-masses; and this forms the first or nascent trace of a caudicle. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- In the vegetable kingdom Mr. Mivart only alludes to two cases, namely the structure of the flowers of orchids, and the movements of climbing plants. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- On the piano stood a large basket of orchids which Mr. van der Luyden had had sent from Skuytercliff. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
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