ORCHIS


Meaning of ORCHIS in English

/awr"kis/ , n.

1. any orchid.

2. any of various terrestrial orchids, esp. of the genus Orchis, of temperate regions, having spikelike flowers.

3. See fringed orchis .

[ 1555-65; órchis testicle, plant with roots like testicles ]

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