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orchil |
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orchis
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| orchis papilionaceae
| orchis spectabilis
| orchitis
| orchotomy
orchis
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun orchis has 2 senses
- orchis(n = noun.plant) Array - any of various deciduous terrestrial orchids having fleshy tubers and flowers in erect terminal racemes; Array is a kind of orchid, orchidaceous plant
- orchis(n = noun.body) ball, ballock, bollock, egg, nut, testicle, testis - one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens; "she kicked him in the balls and got away" has parts: arteria testicularis, internal spermatic artery, testicular artery, testicular vein, vena testicularis, seminiferous tubule, epididymis, rete testis, ductus deferens, vas deferens, spermatic cord
is a member of genus orchis
has particulars: early purple orchid, male orchis, orchis mascula, butterfly orchid, butterfly orchis, orchis papilionaceae, orchis spectabilis, purple-hooded orchis, purple orchis, showy orchis
is a part of male reproductive system, family jewels, male genital organ, male genitalia, male genitals
is a kind of gonad, sex gland, male reproductive gland
has particulars: cobblers, undescended testicle, undescended testis
CIDE DICTIONARY
orchis, prop. n. [L., fr. Gr. a testicle, the orchis; -- so called from its tubers.].
- A genus of endogenous plants growing in the North Temperate zone, and consisting of about eighty species. They are perennial herbs growing from a tuber (beside which is usually found the last year's tuber also), and are valued for their showy flowers. See Orchidaceous. [1913 Webster]
- Any plant of the same family with the orchis; an orchid. [1913 Webster]" The common names, such as
bee orchis ,fly orchis ,butterfly orchis , etc., allude to the peculiar form of the flower." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
orchis, n.
1 any orchid of the genus Orchis, with a tuberous root and an erect fleshy stem having a spike of usu. purple or red flowers.
2 any of various wild orchids.
1 any orchid of the genus Orchis, with a tuberous root and an erect fleshy stem having a spike of usu. purple or red flowers.
2 any of various wild orchids.
Etymology
L f. Gk orkhis, orig. = testicle (with ref. to the shape of its tuber)
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