orchis

Noun

Meaning

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.

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

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

orchid ball egg nut testis testicle ballock bollock calypso ovum clod formal baseball chunk crank
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Antonyms

dab

Hypernyms

orchid gonad sex gland orchidaceous plant male reproductive gland

Hyponyms

showy orchis cobblers butterfly orchid butterfly orchis undescended testicle Orchis spectabilis

Related terms

orchid

Phrases with the word

musk orchis early spring orchis gay orchis white fringed orchis spotted orchis

Derivatives

Orchises

Anagrams

orcish Schiro choirs

Examples

she kicked him in the balls and got away Source: Internet

She even gives Storm a hug and decides to share telepathically share a specific emotion with her -- the feeling of hope Emma felt when she saw Storm reintroduce the resurrected Cyclops after he and the rest of his team were killed targeting Orchis. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

orchiometer orchiopexy orchiotomy Orchis mascula Orchis papilionaceae Orchis spectabilis