See Also: Orchis(medicine)
orchis(dictionary)

orchis (iou)



orchis noun. M16.
[Latin from Greek orkhis testicle, with ref. to the shape of the tuber.]
Any of various orchids belonging to or formerly included in the genus Orchis, with spikes of often purple flowers and the outer perianth segments freq. united in a helmet. Also (now rare), any of various wild orchids of other genera.