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What is the difference between flower and orchid?

flower | orchid |

As nouns the difference between flower and orchid

is that flower is a colorful, conspicuous structure associated with angiosperms, frequently scented and attracting various insects, and which may or may not be used for sexual reproduction while orchid is a plant of the orchid family, bearing unusually-shaped flowers of beautiful colours.

As a verb flower

is to put forth blooms.

As an adjective orchid is

(colour) having a light purple colour.

flower

English

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Alternative forms

* flowre (obsolete)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) flour, from (etyl) flur, from (etyl) (more at (l)).

Noun