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单词 orchidology
释义

orchid /örˈkid/

noun

Any plant or flower of the Orchidāˈceae or Orchidˈeae, a family of monocotyledons, including many tropical epiphytes, with highly specialized, often showy, flowers, the upper petal (or labellum; by twisting actually the lower) serving as a landing-place for insects, the one fertile stamen (or two) united with the gynaeceum as a column (qv), the pollen in masses

ORIGIN: Gr orchis, -ios or -eōs a testicle (from the appearance of the root-tubers in Orchis and others); the d is a blunder, as if the genitive were orchidos

orchidāˈceous or orchidˈeous adjective

orˈchidist noun

A fancier or grower of orchids

orchidolˈogist noun

orchidolˈogy noun

Knowledge of orchids

orchidomāˈnia noun

A craze for orchids

orchidomāˈniac noun

Orˈchis noun

  1. A genus of orchids, including several of the best-known British species
  2. Loosely applied to other genera
  3. (without cap) a flower of any of these genera

orˈchid-house noun

A place for growing orchids

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