plural. A popular name of plants of the genus Orchis (or allied genera), from the form of the tubers or ‘roots’.
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| 释义 | the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > orchids > parts of (12) cullions1611 plural. A popular name of plants of the genus Orchis (or allied genera), from the form of the tubers or ‘roots’. thyrsus1704 Botany, etc. A form of inflorescence: †(a) a lax spike, as in some orchids (obsolete); (b) a contracted kind of panicle, esp. one in which the… labellum1810 Botany. Originally: the lower lip, or a distinctive lower petal, of the corolla of any of various flowers. In later use: spec. the middle, often… retinaculum1821 Botany. In orchids: the sticky gland of the rostellum to which the stalk of each of the pollinia (pollen masses) adheres; a viscidium; now rare. In… rostellum1821 Botany. In certain plants, esp. orchids: a beak-like projection at the base of the stigma which serves to separate the stigma and anther and to… caudicle1830 The small stalk-like appendage to the pollinia or pollen-masses of orchids. pseudobulb1832 (in many tropical and epiphytic orchids) a swollen segment of stem comprising one or more internodes. massula1856 In certain orchids: any of the clusters of pollen grains, each developed from a single cell, which make up a pollinium. antenna1862 Botany. In orchids of the genus Catasetum: either of a pair of long slender sensitive processes of the rostellum of the flower, which when touched… clinandrium1864 The cavity at the apex of the column or gynostemium in Orchids, in which the anther is embedded. bucket1871 transferred. Applied to the ‘pitcher’ in certain orchids. slipper1902 transferred. The lip or labellum of an orchid. |
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