noun
Meaning 1
An orchid; now specifically, a plant of the genus Orchis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
orchis
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UK: /ˈɔː.kɪs/
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US: /ˈɔɹ.kɪs/
noun
Meaning 2
A testis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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noun
Meaning 3
one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- she kicked him in the balls and got away
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: testis, testicle, ball, ballock, bollock, nut, egg
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: gonad, sex gland, male reproductive gland
Narrower terms: cobblers, undescended testis, undescended testicle
noun
Meaning 4
any of various deciduous terrestrial orchids having fleshy tubers and flowers in erect terminal racemes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
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Broader terms: orchid, orchidaceous plant
Narrower terms: male orchis, early purple orchid, Orchis mascula, butterfly orchid, butterfly orchis, Orchis papilionaceae, showy orchis, purple orchis, purple-hooded orchis, Orchis spectabilis
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin orchis, from Ancient Greek ὄρχις (órkhis, “testicle”).
Across languages
Translations
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Dutch: orchis — orchis
- Hungarian: orchidea — orchis
- Hungarian: kosbor — orchis
- Lithuanian: gegužraibė — orchis
- Volapük: rogid — orchis