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orchides

orchides is the plural of orchis.

Meaning of orchis

Noun

orchis (plural orchises or orchides or (archaic) orchisses)

  1. An orchid; now specifically, a plant of the genus Orchis.
    • [T]heir maid has dreſſed their hats with cowſlips, orchiſſes, cuckoo-flowers, and golden-cups—[…]1792, Charlotte Smith, “Letter XIV. To Miss Waverly.”, in Desmond. […], volume II, London: […] G[eorge,] G[eorge,] J[ohn] and J[ames] Robinson, […], →OCLC, page 195
  2. A testis.

Questions about orchides

What is orchides the plural of?
Orchides is the plural of orchis.

Words near orchides in the dictionary

  1. orchidectomizing
  2. orchidectomy
  3. orchidelirium
  4. orchideology
  5. orchideous
  6. orchides
  7. orchidist
  8. orchidists
  9. orchiditis
  10. orchidlike
  11. orchidoid

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Adapted from Wiktionary: orchides (page history and authors); orchis (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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