ORCHID


Meaning of ORCHID in English

■ noun a plant of a large family (Orchidaceae) distinguished by complex showy flowers with a labellum and frequently a spur.

Derivatives

~aceous adjective

~ist noun

Origin

C19: from mod. L. Orchid(ac)eae , formed irregularly from L. orchis .

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