Orchis
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Full definition of orchis
Noun
orchis
(plural orchises)- Any plant of the genus Orchis; an orchid
- 1919, Ronald Firbank, , Duckworth, hardback edition, page 91He had a suit of summer mufti, and a broad-brimmed blue beaver hat looped with leaves broken from the hedgerows in the lanes, and a Leander scarf tucked full of flowers: loosestrife, meadowrue, orchis, ragged-robin.