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Orchid

Or′chid

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Noun.

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(Bot.)

Any plant of the order

Orchidaceae

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Definition 2025

orchid

orchid

English

Orchis lactea with root visible.

Noun

orchid ‎(plural orchids)

a plant of the orchid family (Orchidaceae), bearing unusually-shaped flowers of beautiful colours.
(colour) a light bluish-red, violet-red or purple colour.

orchid colour:

Translations

plant

Afrikaans: orgidee f
Albanian: orkide (sq)
Armenian: խոլորձ (hy) ‎(xolorj)
Burmese: သစ်ခွ (my) ‎(sachkwa.)
Chinese:

Mandarin: 蘭花 (zh), 兰花 (zh) ‎(lánhuā)

Min Nan: 蘭花 (zh-min-nan) ‎(lân-hue)
Czech: orchidea f, orchidej f
Dutch: orchidee (nl) f
Finnish: kämmekkä (fi), orkidea (fi)
French: orchidée (fr) f
German: Orchidee (de) f, Knabenkraut n
Greek: ορχιδέα (el) f ‎(orchidéa)
Hebrew: סחלב (he) ‎(sachlav)
Hungarian: orchidea (hu)
Indonesian: anggrek (id), bunga anggrek
Irish: magairlín m, lus na magairlí m
Italian: orchidea (it) f
Japanese: 蘭 (ja) ‎(らん, ran), 蘭の花 ‎(らんのはな, ran-no-hana)
Korean: 난초 (ko) ‎(nancho) (蘭草 (ko))

Lao: ດອກກ້ວຍໄມ້ ‎(dǭk kuāi mai)
Lithuanian: orchidėja f
Macedonian: орхидеја f ‎(orhidéja)
Malay: anggerik, orkid
Norwegian:

Bokmål: orkidé (no) m, orkide m

Nynorsk: orkidé m, orkide m
Polish: orchidea (pl) f, storczyk (pl) m inan
Portuguese: orquídea (pt) f
Romanian: orhidee (ro) f
Russian: орхиде́я (ru) f ‎(orxidéja)
Serbo-Croatian: orhideja f, kaćun (sh) m
Slovene: orhideja (sl) f
Spanish: orquídea f
Swedish: orkidé (sv) c
Tagalog: dapo
Thai: กล้วยไม้ (th) ‎(kluaymai)
Turkish: orkide (tr)
Vietnamese: phong lan (vi), cây lan
Volapük: lorkid, rogid
Welsh: tegeirian

colour

Adjective

orchid ‎(not comparable)

(color) having a light purple colour.

Translations

colour

Dutch: lichtpaars
Spanish: orquídea

Vietnamese: cây lan

Derived terms

Derived terms

bee orchid
fly orchid
fragrant orchid
hyacinth orchid
monkey orchid
musk orchid

orchidopexy
orchis
polyorchidism
scented orchid
vanda orchid

References

↑ orchid in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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