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orchis

/ˈɔː.kɪs/US/ˈɔɹ.kɪs/

orchis noun: an orchid; now specifically, a plant of the genus Orchis.

orchis: an orchid; now specifically, a plant of the genus Orchis
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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
    • In spring, what a place it was for wild flowers!―as Lucy Raymond and her brothers well knew, having often brought home thence great bunches of dielytras and convallarias and orchises; and at any time some bright blossoms were generally to be found gleaming through the shade.1871, Agnes Maule Machar, Lucy Raymond Or, The Children's Watchword, page 25
  2. A testis.

orchis meaning in Tamil

orchis in Tamil

விரை

Forms of orchis

pluralorchises
pluralorchides
plural (archaic)orchisses

Origin of orchis

Borrowed from Latin orchis, from Ancient Greek ὄρχις (órkhis, “testicle”).

Words formed from orchis

Questions about orchis

What does orchis mean?
Orchis means an orchid; now specifically, a plant of the genus Orchis.
What is orchis in Tamil?
Orchis in Tamil is விரை. See Orchis meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is orchis?
Orchis is a noun.
How do you pronounce orchis?
Orchis is pronounced /ˈɔː.kɪs/ (UK).
What is the plural of orchis?
The plural of orchis is orchises.

Words near orchis in the dictionary

  1. orchiometer
  2. orchiometers
  3. orchiopexies
  4. orchiopexy
  5. orchiotomy
  6. orchis
  7. orchises
  8. orchisses
  9. orchitic
  10. orchitides
  11. orchitis

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: orchis (page history and authors); orchis (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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