Orchidaceae

[ awr-ki-dey-see-ee ]

plural noun

, Botany.

1. orchid family ( def ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of Orchidaceae¹

First recorded in 1835–45

Example Sentences

In no other great family probably has one man left so large a mark as Lindley has left in the Orchidaceae.

From Project Gutenberg

In some monocotyledonous embryos, as in Orchidaceae, the embryo is a cellular mass showing no parts.

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Euphorbiaceae and Scrophulariaceae and Orchidaceae are universally present, the last in specially large proportions.

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In Orchidaceae the stigma is situated on the anterior surface of the column beneath the anther.

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