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orchid

47 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. orchid (noun)
  2. baby orchid (noun)
  3. bee orchis (noun)
  4. bird's-nest orchid (noun)
  5. bog orchid (noun)
  6. butterfly orchid (noun)
  7. coral orchid (noun)
  8. crane-fly orchid (noun)
  9. dusty orchid (noun)
  10. fen orchid (noun)
  11. fly orchid (noun)
  12. fringed orchis (noun)
  13. frog orchis (noun)
  14. hair orchid (noun)
  15. helmet orchid (noun)
  16. jumping orchid (noun)
  17. man orchid (noun)
  18. moth orchid (noun)
  19. musk orchis (noun)
  20. orange-blossom orchid (noun)
  21. pansy orchid (noun)
  22. pencil orchid (noun)
  23. phantom orchid (noun)
  24. poor man's orchid (noun)
  25. prairie orchid (noun)
  26. prairie white-fringed orchid (noun)
  27. purple-fringed orchid (noun)
  28. purple fringeless orchid (noun)
  29. purple orchid (noun)
  30. ragged fringed orchid (noun)

or·chid

noun \ˈȯr-kəd\

Definition of ORCHID

1
: any of a large family (Orchidaceae, the orchid family) of perennial epiphytic or terrestrial monocotyledonous plants that usually have showy 3-petaled flowers with the middle petal enlarged into a lip and differing from the others in shape and color
2
: a light purple
— or·chid·like \-ˌlīk\ adjective
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Origin of ORCHID

irregular from New Latin Orchis
First Known Use: 1845

Rhymes with ORCHID

forked

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