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1. (n.) orchid
any terrestrial or epiphytic plant of the family Orchidaceae, of temperate and tropical regions, having usu. showy flowers.
2. orchid
the flower of any of these plants.
3. orchid
a bluish to reddish purple.
Etymology: (1845; < NL Orchideae (later Orchidaceae) family name = L orch(is) a plant (see orchis ) +-ideae, irreg. suffix (cf. -idae ); see -id2)
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1. (noun) orchid, orchidaceous plant
any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors
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1. (noun) orchid
a plant with delicate, irregular-shaped flowers in many different colors
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Sense: a kind of plant usually having brightly-coloured or unusually-shaped flowers.
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 Afrikaans: orgidee |
 Arabic: نَبات من الفَصيلَه السَّح |
 Bulgarian: орхидея |
 Brazilian: orquídea |
 Czech: orchidea |
 German: die Orchidee |
 Danish: orkidé |
 Greek: ορχιδέα |
 Spanish: orquídea |
 Estonian: orhidee |
 Farsi: ارکیده |
 Finnish: orkidea |
 French: orchidée |
 Hebrew: סַחלָב |
 Hindi: ऑर्किड (पौधा और फूल) |
 Croatian: orhideja |
 Hungarian: orchidea |
 Indonesian: anggrek |
 Icelandic: brönugras |
 Italian: orchidea |
 Japanese: らん |
 Korean: 난초 |
 Lithuanian: orchidėja |
 Latvian: orhideja |
 Malay: orkid |
 Dutch: orchidee |
 Norwegian: orkidé |
 Polish: orchidea |
 Persian: نوع نبات ارکیده |
 Pashto: يو ډول نبات |
 Portuguese: orquídia |
 Romanian: orhidee |
 Russian: орхидея |
 Slovak: orchidea |
 Slovenian: orhideja |
 Serbian: orhideja |
 Swedish: orkidé |
 Thai: กล้วยไม้ |
 Turkish: orkide |
 Taiwanese: 蘭花 |
 Ukrainian: орхідея |
 Urdu: ايک خوبصورت پھول کا پودا |
 Vietnamese: cây phong lan |
 Chinese: 兰花 |
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