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Date: 1800-1900
Language: Modern Latin
Origin: orchis, from Greek, 'testicle, orchid'; because of the shape of its roots

orchid

 noun
     
orchid
Related topics: Plants
or‧chid [countable]
HBP a plant that has flowers which are brightly coloured and unusually shaped
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