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Antonyms for orchid

Grammar : Noun
Spell : awr-kid
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɔr kɪd

Definition of orchid

Origin :
  • 1845, introduced by John Lindley in "School Botanty," from Modern Latin Orchideæ (Linnaeus), the plant's family name, from Latin orchis, a kind of orchid, from Greek orkhis (genitive orkheos) "orchid," literally "testicle," from PIE *orghi-, the standard root for "testicle" (cf. Avestan erezi "testicles," Armenian orjik, Middle Irish uirgge, Irish uirge "testicle," Lithuanian erzilas "stallion"). The plant so called because of the shape of its root. Earlier in English in Latin form, orchis (1560s), and in Middle English it was ballockwort (c.1300; see ballocks). Marred by extraneous -d- in an attempt to extract the Latin stem.
  • As in purple : noun blue and red colors mixed together
  • As in compliment : noun praise, flattery
Example sentences :
  • Daintily swinging, like clustered pearls, were the petals of the orchid.
  • Extract from : « The Trail of '98 » by Robert W. Service
  • Who shall claim to know his orchid who knows not its insect sponsor?
  • Extract from : « My Studio Neighbors » by William Hamilton Gibson
  • How are we to know that this blossom which we plucked is an orchid?
  • Extract from : « My Studio Neighbors » by William Hamilton Gibson
  • Angræcum, orchid of Madagascar, with nectary eleven inches long, 219.
  • Extract from : « My Studio Neighbors » by William Hamilton Gibson
  • He would also carry out his dream by making the orchid a gift to Lady Coke.
  • Extract from : « Chatterbox, 1906 » by Various
  • How high his hopes had been when he and the Dutchman had carried off the orchid!
  • Extract from : « Chatterbox, 1906 » by Various
  • The orchid had been a lesson to him against trusting any one with his secrets.
  • Extract from : « Chatterbox, 1906 » by Various
  • She cannot rise any higher in a tree, so she rises in higher form in an orchid.
  • Extract from : « The Heart of Nature » by Francis Younghusband
  • She cannot rise any higher in an orchid, so she rises in higher form in a man.
  • Extract from : « The Heart of Nature » by Francis Younghusband
  • The parcel of orchid pods, which you have so kindly sent me, has followed me.
  • Extract from : « More Letters of Charles Darwin Volume II » by Charles Darwin

Synonyms for orchid

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