orchidaceous

[ awr-ki-dey-shuhs ]

/ ˌɔr kɪˈdeɪ ʃəs /

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adjective

belonging to the plant family Orchidaceae.

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Origin of orchidaceous

1830–40; <New Latin Orchidace(ae) (see orchid, -aceae) + -ous

Words nearby orchidaceous

orchestrina, orchestrion, orchi-, orchialgia, orchid, orchidaceous, orchidectomy, orchid family, orchidic, orchiditis, orchido-

How to use orchidaceous in a sentence

The simple old type of manhood is lost long since in endless orchidaceous variation.
Prose Fancies|Richard Le Gallienne
What startling disclosures are revealed to the inward eye within the hearts of all these strange orchidaceous flowers!
My Studio Neighbors|William Hamilton Gibson
Here and there the bright flowers of some orchidaceous plant ornamented their summits, or hung down from their boughs.
In the Eastern Seas|W.H.G. Kingston
Many of our orchidaceous plants absolutely require the visits of moths to remove their pollen-masses and thus to fertilise them.
On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection|Charles Darwin

The dark, damp wilderness is favorable to some of these orchidaceous plants, though they are too delicate for cultivation.
The Maine Woods|Henry David Thoreau

British Dictionary definitions for orchidaceous

orchidaceous

/ (ˌɔːkɪˈdeɪʃəs) /

adjective

of, relating to, or belonging to the Orchidaceae, a family of flowering plants including the orchids

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