Orchis
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈɔː.kɪs/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Orchis is a noun meaning An orchid; now specifically, a plant of the genus Orchis.
Meaning
An orchid; now specifically, a plant of the genus Orchis.
More Meanings
- (anatomy) A testis.
Example Sentences
[T]heir maid has dreſſed their hats with cowſlips, orchiſſes, cuckoo-flowers, and golden-cups—[…]
He had a suit of summer mufti, and a broad-brimmed blue beaver hat looped with leaves broken from the hedgerows in the lanes, and a Leander scarf tucked full of flowers: loosestrife, meadowrue, orchis, ragged-robin.
In spring, what a place it was for wild flowers!―as Lucy Raymond and her brothers well knew, having often brought home thence great bunches of dielytras and convallarias and orchises; and at any time some bright blossoms were generally to be found gleaming through the shade.
Word Forms
- orchises
- orchides
- orchisses
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include orchid, orrisroot, gongora, standergrass, endorhiza, orris.
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