orchidea
orchidea noun: synonym of orchid.
Noun
orchidea (plural orchideas)
- Synonym of orchid.
- The old trees were decorated with beautiful orchideas*, yellow bannisterias, blue-flowered bignonias, peperomias, arums, and pothoses.[…]* Cymbidium violaceum, habenaria angustifolia, &c.1821, Helen Maria Williams, transl., Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent, During the Years 1799-1804. By Alexander de Humboldt, and Aimé Bonpland; with Maps...
- Lœlia Albida. A very interesting addition to our stove orchidea, and sent from Oaxaca to Mr. Bateman of Kynpersly.[…]Angræcum bilobum.—An orchidea from Cape Coast Castle.[…]Balbophyllum limbatum.—This orchidea Messrs. Loddiges received from Singapore.[…]Cirrhopetalum vaginatum.—The flowers of this...1839–1840, The Floricultural Cabinet and Florists’ Magazine, London: Whittaker, & Co., […], pages 92 (volume VII, 1839), 221 , 248, 249, and 280 (volume VIII, 1840)
- Synonyms:
- orchid
Proper noun capitalized: Orchidea
Orchidea
- A female given name from Italian [in turn from Latin], of rare usage.
- Miss Orchidea M. Battiston, daughter of John Battiston of 282 Wallabout St., will be married to Cadet Anthony A. Fiorenza, also of Brooklyn, on Palm Sunday.1943 April 4, “Orchidea Battiston”, in Brooklyn Eagle, 102nd year, number 93, Brooklyn, N.Y., →OCLC, page 16, column 1
- “Bzzmm…Dr. Leigh, I am Aster and this, is my sister Orchidea,” one of the Magi girls introduced and the girls both spread their wings with respectful grace.2001, C.B. Don [pseudonym], “Shattered Idyll”, in Accused by Facet-Eyes: A Classic Science-Fiction Novel, Yorba Linda, Calif.: Sterling Ter Libra, published March 2002, →ISBN, page 125
Examples of orchidea in a sentence
- A very interesting addition to our stove orchidea, and sent from Oaxaca to Mr.1839–1840, The Floricultural Cabinet and Florists’ Magazine, London: Whittaker, & Co., […], pages 92 (volume VII, 1839), 221 , 248, 249...
- Cœlogyne elata.—An orchidea from Nepal, with whitish flowers, but not particularly handsome.1859 January 1, The Gardener’s Monthly, volume I, number 1, Philadelphia, Pa., page 11:
- Angræcum fragrans, Thou., an orchidea, the leaves of which, smelling of coumarin, are used for scenting tea;1922, Annual Report on Essential Oils, Aromatic Chemicals and Related Materials, page 106:
- A gigantic species of Aleurodidae (Homoptera) from greenhouse-orchideas.1952, The Zoological Record: Being Records of Zoological Literature, page 140:
Synonyms of orchidea
Forms of orchidea
| plural | orchideas |
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Origin of orchidea
Singular of New Latin Orchideae.
From Italian Orchidea, from orchidea (“orchid”).
Questions about orchidea
- What does orchidea mean?
- Orchidea means synonym of orchid.
- How do you use orchidea in a sentence?
- A very interesting addition to our stove orchidea, and sent from Oaxaca to Mr.
- What part of speech is orchidea?
- Orchidea can be a noun or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of orchidea?
- The plural of orchidea is orchideas.
Words near orchidea in the dictionary
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