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Noun: orchis  or-kis
  1. Any of various deciduous terrestrial orchids having fleshy tubers and flowers in erect terminal racemes

Derived forms: orchises

Type of: orchid, orchidaceous plant

Part of: genus Orchis

Encyclopedia: Orchis

Nearest

orchid tree
Orchidaceae
orchidaceous
orchidaceous plant
Orchidales
orchidalgia
orchidectomy
orchiectomy
orchil
orchiopexy
orchis
Orchis mascula
Orchis papilionaceae
Orchis spectabilis
orchitis
orchotomy
Orcinus
Orcinus orca
Orcus
Orczy
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