释义 |
orchidean, a. rare.|ɔːˈkɪdiːən| Also orchidian. [f. mod.L. Orchide-æ (see orchideous) + -an.] Belonging to the Orchideæ, orchidaceous; pertaining to or characteristic of an orchid.
1857Mayne Expos. Lex., Orchideous: orchidean. 1862Darwin Fertil. Orchids vi. 271 This single genus [Cypripedium], now widely disseminated, as a record of a former and more simple state of the great Orchidean Order. 1914C. A. Mercier Astrol. in Med. 4 One eminent physician discovered..the elixir of life in orchidian extract. |