orchis

or·chis

O0109400 (ôr′kĭs)n. Any of various temperate orchids of the genus Orchis and related genera, having yellow or purple, sometimes spotted flowers.

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[Latin, orchid; see orchid.]

orchis

(ˈɔːkɪs) n1. (Plants) any terrestrial orchid of the N temperate genus Orchis, having fleshy tubers and spikes of typically pink flowers2. (Plants) any of various temperate or tropical orchids of the genus Habenaria, such as the fringed orchis[C16: via Latin from Greek orkhis testicle; so called from the shape of its roots]

or•chis

(ˈɔr kɪs)

n. any terrestrial or epiphytic orchid of the genus Orchis, bearing flowers on spikes. [1555–65; < Latin < Greek órchis testicle]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	orchis - any of various deciduous terrestrial orchids having fleshy tubers and flowers in erect terminal racemesorchid, orchidaceous plant - any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colorsgenus Orchis - type genus of the orchid family; hardy terrestrial orchids of the temperate the northern hemisphereearly purple orchid, male orchis, Orchis mascula - Eurasian orchid with showy pink or purple flowers in a loose spikeOrchis papilionaceae, butterfly orchis, butterfly orchid - Mediterranean orchid having usually purple flowers with a fan-shaped spotted or striped rose-red lipOrchis spectabilis, purple orchis, purple-hooded orchis, showy orchis - North American orchid having a spike of violet-purple flowers mixed with white; sepals and petals form a hood
	2.	orchis - one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens; "she kicked him in the balls and got away"ballock, bollock, testicle, testis, egg, ball, nutarteria testicularis, internal spermatic artery, testicular artery - a branch of the aorta supplying the testiclestesticular vein, vena testicularis - a vein from the testiclesmale reproductive system - the reproductive system of malesfamily jewels, male genital organ, male genitalia, male genitals - external male sex organsseminiferous tubule - any of the numerous long convoluted tubules in the testis which are the sites where spermatozoa maturegonad, sex gland - a gland in which gametes (sex cells) are producedcobblers - a man's testicles (from Cockney rhyming slang: cobbler's awl rhymes with ball)male reproductive gland - the reproductive organs of a manundescended testicle, undescended testis - a testis that fails to move into the scrotum as the male fetus develops; "undescended testicles have an increased risk for cancer"epididymis - a convoluted tubule in each testis; carries sperm to vas deferensrete testis - network of tubules carrying sperm from the seminiferous tubules to the vasa efferentiaductus deferens, vas deferens - a duct that carries spermatozoa from the epididymis to the ejaculatory ductspermatic cord - a structure resembling a cord that suspends the testis within the scrotum and contains the vas deferens and other vessels and nerves

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