orchis
any orchid.
any of various terrestrial orchids, especially of the genus Orchis, of temperate regions, having spikelike flowers.
Origin of orchis
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How to use orchis in a sentence
The first to bloom in the spring is the showy orchis, though it is far less showy than several others.
A Year in the Fields | John BurroughsOf course it is; and up that stem zigzags the green fleshy chain of the Vanille orchis.
At Last | Charles KingsleyWill you please to read the enclosed, and then you will understand what I wish observed with respect to the bee-orchis.
More Letters of Charles Darwin Volume II | Charles DarwinI am infinitely obliged for your most clearly stated observations on the bee-orchis.
More Letters of Charles Darwin Volume II | Charles DarwinThe sides of Mount Hunter, though very steep, were clothed with timber to the summit, and the ground filled with the orchis root.
An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Vol. 1 | David Collins
British Dictionary definitions for orchis
/ (ˈɔːkɪs) /
any terrestrial orchid of the N temperate genus Orchis, having fleshy tubers and spikes of typically pink flowers
any of various temperate or tropical orchids of the genus Habenaria, such as the fringed orchis
Origin of orchis
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