Orchis

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun Any plant of the same family with the orchis; an Orchid.

II. Orchis ·noun 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.

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orchis
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cockatoo orchis
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spider-orchis
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spotted-orchis
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