orchidean
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English
Etymology
Adjective
orchidean (not comparable)
- (botany) orchidaceous
- orchidean order
- (figurative) orchidaceous
References
- “orchidean”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- ^ “orchidean, adj.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
