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Meaning Of Orchis
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.
n.
Any plant of the same family with the orchis; an orchid.