adj
Meaning 1
Having a light purple colour.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
orchid
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Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈɔː.kɪd/
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US: /ˈɔɹ.kɪd/
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noun
Meaning 2
A plant of the orchid family (Orchidaceae), bearing unusually-shaped flowers of beautiful colours.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A light bluish-red, violet-red or purple colour.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 4
any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: orchidaceous plant
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: flower
Narrower terms: orchis, aerides, angrecum, jewel orchid, puttyroot, adam-and-eve, Aplectrum hyemale, arethusa, bletia, Bletilla striata, Bletia striata, brassavola, spider orchid, Brassia lawrenceana, Brassia verrucosa, caladenia, calanthe, grass pink, Calopogon pulchellum, Calopogon tuberosum, calypso, fairy-slipper, Calypso bulbosa, jumping orchid, Catasetum macrocarpum, cattleya, helleborine, spreading pogonia, funnel-crest rosebud orchid, Cleistes divaricata, Pogonia divaricata, rosebud orchid, Cleistes rosea, Pogonia rosea, satyr orchid, Coeloglossum bracteatum, frog orchid, Coeloglossum viride, coelogyne, coral root, helmetflower, helmet orchid, swan orchid, swanflower, swan-flower, swanneck, swan-neck, cymbid, cymbidium, cypripedia, lady's slipper, lady-slipper, ladies' slipper, slipper orchid, marsh orchid, common spotted orchid, Dactylorhiza fuchsii, Dactylorhiza maculata fuchsii, dendrobium, disa, phantom orchid, snow orchid, Eburophyton austinae, tulip orchid, Encyclia citrina, Cattleya citrina, butterfly orchid, Encyclia tampensis, Epidendrum tampense, butterfly orchis, Epidendrum venosum, Encyclia venosa, epidendron, tongueflower, tongue-flower, rattlesnake plantain, fragrant orchid, Gymnadenia conopsea, short-spurred fragrant orchid, Gymnadenia odoratissima, fringed orchis, fringed orchid, rein orchid, rein orchis, crested coral root, Hexalectris spicata, Texas purple spike, Hexalectris warnockii, lizard orchid, Himantoglossum hircinum, laelia, liparis, twayblade, fen orchid, fen orchis, Liparis loeselii, broad-leaved twayblade, Listera convallarioides, lesser twayblade, Listera cordata, Listera ovata, green adder's mouth, Malaxis-unifolia, Malaxis ophioglossoides, masdevallia, maxillaria, pansy orchid, odontoglossum, oncidium, dancing lady orchid, butterfly plant, bee orchid, Ophrys apifera, fly orchid, Ophrys insectifera, Ophrys muscifera, Venus' slipper, Venus's slipper, Venus's shoe, phaius, moth orchid, moth plant, rattlesnake orchid, lesser butterfly orchid, Platanthera bifolia, Habenaria bifolia, greater butterfly orchid, Platanthera chlorantha, Habenaria chlorantha, prairie white-fringed orchid, Platanthera leucophea, tangle orchid, Indian crocus, pleurothallis, pogonia, greenhood, foxtail orchid, orange-blossom orchid, Sarcochilus falcatus, sobralia, ladies' tresses, lady's tresses, stanhopea, stelis, vanda, vanilla
History
Etymology
From New Latin Orchideae, Orchidaceae, an irregular formation from Latin orchis, from Ancient Greek ὄρχις (órkhis, “orchid, testicle”) (ostensibly from the shape of the roots). Supplanted Middle English ballokwort (literally “testicle plant”).
Across languages
Translations
80 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Dutch: lichtpaars — colour
- Spanish: orquídea — colour
- Afrikaans: orgidee — plant
- Albanian: orkide — plant
- Arabic: أُورْكِيد (ʔūrkīd) — plant
- Arabic: سَحْلَب (saḥlab) — plant
- Armenian: խոլորձ (xolorj) — plant
- Bulgarian: орхидея (orhideja) — plant
- Burmese: သစ်ခွ (sachkwa.) — plant
- Catalan: orquídia — plant
- Chinese: 蘭花 /兰花 (zh-min-nan) — plant
- Chinese Mandarin: 蘭花 /兰花 (lánhuā) — plant
- Czech: orchidea — plant
- Czech: orchidej — plant
- Danish: gøgeurt — plant
- Dutch: orchidee — plant
- Erzya: куконьсельмукшт (kukonseľmukšt) — plant
- Esperanto: orkido — plant
- Esperanto: orĥido — plant
- Estonian: orhidee — plant
- Finnish: kämmekkä — plant
- Finnish: orkidea — plant
- French: orchidée — plant
- Galician: orquídea — plant
- German: Orchidee — plant
- German: Knabenkraut — plant
- Greek: ορχιδέα (orchidéa) — plant
- Hebrew: סחלב (sakhlav) — plant
- Hindi: ऑर्किड (ŏrkiḍ) — plant
- Hungarian: orchidea — plant
- Hunsrik: Paresitt — plant
- Hunsrik: Orkidje — plant
- Icelandic: brönugras — plant
- Indonesian: anggrek — plant
- Indonesian: bunga anggrek — plant
- Irish: magairlín — plant
- Irish: lus na magairlí — plant
- Italian: orchide — plant
- Italian: orchidea — plant
- Japanese: 蘭 (ran) — plant
- Japanese: 蘭の花 (ran no hana) — plant
- Korean: 난초 (nancho) — plant
- Lao: ດອກກ້ວຍໄມ້ (dǭk kuāi mai) — plant
- Latin: orchis — plant
- Lisu: ꓚꓬꓸ ꓡꓳꓻ (tʃɑ́ lo) — plant
- Lithuanian: orchidėja — plant
- Macedonian: орхиде́ја (orhidéja) — plant
- Malay: anggerik — plant
- Malay: orkid — plant
- Khiamniungan Naga: jâm — plant
- Norwegian Bokmål: orkidé — plant
- Norwegian Bokmål: orkide — plant
- Norwegian Nynorsk: orkidé — plant
- Norwegian Nynorsk: orkide — plant
- Occitan: orquidèa — plant
- Pohnpeian: orked — plant
- Polish: orchidea — plant
- Polish: storczyk — plant
- Portuguese: orquídea — plant
- Romanian: orhidee — plant
- Russian: орхиде́я (orxidéja) — plant
- Russian: ятры́шник (jatrýšnik) — plant
- Serbo-Croatian: orhideja — plant
- Serbo-Croatian: kaćun — plant
- Sicilian: urchidea — plant
- Slovak: orchidea — plant
- Slovene: orhideja — plant
- Spanish: orquídea — plant
- Swedish: orkidé — plant
- Tagalog: dapo — plant
- Tagalog: orkid — plant
- Tagalog: orkidyas — plant
- Thai: กล้วยไม้ (glûai-máai) — plant
- Translingual: Orchidaceae — plant
- Turkish: orkide — plant
- Vietnamese: phong lan — plant
- Vietnamese: lan — plant
- Volapük: lorkid — plant
- Volapük: rogid — plant
- Welsh: tegeirian — plant
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