orchidaceous
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of orchidaceous
1830–40; < New Latin Orchidace ( ae ) ( see orchid, -aceae) + -ous
Example Sentences
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The syntax is snappy but the vocabulary is orchidaceous.
From The Guardian • Sep. 24, 2017
I am, in orchidaceous Hawaii, among squawking geese, the sun glittering on the sea, the prospect of snuggling my sweet wife Sheila.
From The Guardian • May 25, 2013
Simon Russell Beale in Privates on Parade: ‘His turns are tuneful, fetching, orchidaceous.’
From The Guardian • Dec. 16, 2012
He is exaggerated politeness, intense ambition, orchidaceous sensitivity.
From Time Magazine Archive
The following details all refer to flowers in which the number of stamens in orchidaceous plants was increased beyond what is necessary.
From Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants by Masters, Maxwell T.
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