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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: orchis
orchis
n 1: any of various deciduous terrestrial orchids having fleshy
tubers and flowers in erect terminal racemes
2: one of the two male reproductive glands that produce
spermatozoa and secrete androgens;
“she kicked him in the
balls and got away” [syn:
testis,
testicle,
ball,
ballock,
bollock,
nut,
egg]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Orchis
Orchis
\Or"chis\, prop. n.; pl.
Orchises. [L., fr. Gr. ? a
testicle, the orchis; -- so called from its tubers.]
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1. (Bot.) A genus of endogenous plants growing in the North
Temperate zone, and consisting of about eighty species.
They are perennial herbs growing from a tuber (beside
which is usually found the last year's tuber also), and
are valued for their showy flowers. See
Orchidaceous.
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2. (Bot.) Any plant of the same family with the orchis; an
orchid.
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Note: The common names, such as
bee orchis,
fly orchis,
butterfly orchis, etc., allude to the peculiar form
of the flower.
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