Orchidaceae

American  

[awr-ki-dey-see-ee] / ˌɔr kɪˈdeɪ siˌi /

plural noun

Botany.

1. orchid family.

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Etymology

Origin of Orchidaceae

First recorded in 1835–45

Example Sentences

One in five plant species on the list is an orchid, and, with 2,856 species, the Orchidaceae family is more diverse than the next seven-largest plant families combined.

From Nature • Aug. 4, 2020

The Orchidaceae are a family of perennial plants with one fertile stamen and three-petalled flowers that, depending on the species, can be anything from pale specks to voluptuous masses.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 15, 1995

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

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" by Various

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

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" by Various

But, indeed, your own discovery of the independent germinative capabilities of the pollen-grains of certain Orchidaceae is sufficiently illustrative of this.

From More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 by Darwin, Francis, Sir