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单词 orchid
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
or•chid /ˈɔrkɪd/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Plant Biologya plant that grows in temperate and tropical regions, having usually showy flowers.
  2. Botanythe flower of this plant.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
or•chid  (ôr′kid),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Plant Biologyany terrestrial or epiphytic plant of the family Orchidaceae, of temperate and tropical regions, having usually showy flowers. Cf. orchid family. 
  2. Plant Biologythe flower of any of these plants.
  3. a bluish to reddish purple.
  • Neo-Latin Orchideae (later Orchidaceae) family name, equivalent. to Latin orch(is) a plant (see orchis) + -ideae, irregularly suffix (compare -idae); see -id2
  • 1835–45

orchid-, 
  1. var. of orchido- before a vowel:orchidology.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
orchid /ˈɔːkɪd/ n
  1. any terrestrial or epiphytic plant of the family Orchidaceae, often having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colours, specialized for pollination by certain insects
Etymology: 19th Century: from New Latin Orchideae; see orchis
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