Meaning Of The Word Orchid

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What's The Definition Of Orchid?

orchid
countable noun: Orchids are plants with brightly coloured, unusually shaped flowers.

orchid in American English
a perennial plant of the orchid family, that grows in the ground or as an epiphyte and is characterized by waxy pollen masses, minute seeds, and bilaterally symmetrical flowers with three petals, one of which is lip-shaped with many distinctive forms
of this color
noun: any terrestrial or epiphytic plant of the family Orchidaceae, of temperate and tropical regions, having usually showy flowers

orchid in British English
noun: any terrestrial or epiphytic plant of the family Orchidaceae, often having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colours, specialized for pollination by certain insects

orchid- in American English
combining form

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