Bible Dictionaries
Orchis

Webster's Dictionary

Search for…

Enter query below:

or

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Prev Entry
Orchilla Weed

Next Entry
Orchises

Resource Toolbox

Print Article

(1):

(n.) A genus of endogenous plants growing in the North Temperate zone, and consisting of about eighty species. They are perennial herbs growing from a tuber (beside which is usually found the last year's tuber also), and are valued for their showy flowers. See Orchidaceous.

(2):

(n.) Any plant of the same family with the orchis; an orchid.