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Noun: orchid  or-kid
  1. Any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colours
    "The rare orchid fetched a high price at the auction";
    - orchidaceous plant

Derived forms: orchids

Type of: flower

Part of: family Orchidaceae, orchid family, Orchidaceae

Encyclopedia: Orchid, Louisiana