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
In Art Nouveau's orchidaceous world of tendrilar lines, sweeping forms and bright stained glass, old Japanese woodcuts, the drawings of William Blake and a new fascination with botany all had their influence.
From Time Magazine Archive
Here the number of orchidaceous plants greatly increased, hanging down from the boughs of nearly all the trees, clinging to them so closely that they often appeared to belong to the tree.
From In the Eastern Seas by Kingston, William Henry Giles
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