/ ˈɔːkɪd; NAmE ˈɔːrkɪd/ noun
a plant with brightly coloured flowers of unusual shapes. There are many different types of orchid and some of them are very rare.
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WORD ORIGIN
mid 19th cent.: from modern Latin Orchid(ac)eae , formed irregularly from Latin orchis , based on Greek orkhis , literally testicle (with reference to the shape of its tuber).