orchid
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Phalaenopsis cultivar 
Orchis lactea with root visible and a one-euro coin for scale.
English
Etymology
From New Latin Orchideae, Orchidaceae, an irregular formation from Latin orchis, from Ancient Greek ὄρχις (órkhis, “orchid, testicle”) (ostensibly from the shape of the roots[1]). Supplanted Middle English ballokwort (literally “testicle plant”).
Pronunciation
Noun
orchid (plural orchids)
- A plant of the orchid family (Orchidaceae), bearing unusually-shaped flowers of beautiful colours.
- A light bluish-red, violet-red or purple colour.
- orchid:
Synonyms
Derived terms
- ant orchid
- blue orchid
- bog orchid
- Brazilian orchid tree
- bucket orchid
- common spotted orchid
- cup orchid
- donkey orchid
- early spider orchid
- frog orchid
- ghost orchid
- hairy spider orchid
- heath spotted orchid
- Hooker's bog orchid
- Hooker's orchid
- ironcaps spider orchid
- leek orchid
- man orchid
- moth orchid
- naked man orchid
- pansy orchid
- phantom orchid
- poor man's orchid
- slipper orchid
- slipper-orchid
- snow orchid
- spotted orchid
- stream orchid
- swamp orchid
- white frog orchid
- yellowspike orchid
Translations
plant
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colour
Adjective
orchid (not comparable)
Translations
colour
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Related terms
Derived terms
Derived terms
- bee orchid
- boat orchid (Cymbidium spp.)
- butterfly orchid (Platanthera spp. et al.)
- fly orchid (Ophrys insectifera)
- fragrant orchid (Gymnadenia conopsea)
- fringed orchid (Platanthera spp. et al.)
- hyacinth orchids (Dipodium spp.)
- monkey orchid
- musk orchid (Herminium monorchis)
- odontoglossum (Odontoglossum)
- orchid bee (tribe Euglossini)
- orchid tree
- orchidaceous
- orchidectomy
- orchidopexy
- orchis (Orchis spp.)
- polyorchidism
- scented orchid
- vanda orchid (Vanda spp.)
See also
Other entries
- Cattleya
- clinandrium
- coralroot (Corallorhiza spp.)
- fringed orchis (Platanthera spp. et al.)
- gold bee
- helleborine
- labellum
- ladies' tresses (Spiranthes spp. and Goodyera spp.)
- lady's slipper (subfamily Cypripedioideae)
- orchis
- puttyroot (Aplectrum hyemale)
- rattlesnake plantain (Goodyera spp.)
- resupinate
- salep
- swamp pink (Helonias bullata)
- twayblade
- Appendix:Colors
References
- ^ “ὄρχις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press