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 his syndicated cafe-society column, orchidaceous Lucius Beebe last week digressed to announce an exciting discovery: that holders of marine-insurance policies on personal property lost away from home can collect for lost golf balls.
From Time Magazine Archive
There was abundance of beautiful flowers, especially of orchidaceous plants; the country was exceedingly park-like and well wooded, but generally overgrown with grass then about six feet high.
From The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile by Sir Samuel White Baker
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