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orchid-like, a.|ˈɔːkɪdlaɪk|
[f. orchid + -like.]
Like or resembling an orchid.
1881W. Robinson Wild Garden xii. 93 The German Irises, with their great Orchid-like blossom. 1918C. W. Beebe Jungle Peace (1919) viii. 180 And later, orchid-like, violet, butterfly peas which at first flowered among the ashes on the ground, but climbed as soon as they found support. 1923D. H. Lawrence Birds, Beasts & Flowers 39 What would I not give To bring back the rare and orchid-like Evil-yclept Etruscan? |