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What is the difference between orchis and orchid?

orchis | orchid |

Orchid is a derived term of orchis.



As nouns the difference between orchis and orchid

is that orchis is any plant of the genus Orchis; an orchid while orchid is a plant of the orchid family, bearing unusually-shaped flowers of beautiful colours.

As an adjective orchid is

(colour) having a light purple colour.

orchis

English

(wikipedia orchis) (wikispecies)

Noun

(es)
  • Any plant of the genus Orchis ; an orchid
  • *1919, , Duckworth, hardback edition, page 91
    • He had a suit of summer mufti, and a broad-brimmed blue beaver hat looped with leaves broken from the hedgerows in the lanes, and a Leander scarf tucked full of flowers: loosestrife, meadowrue, orchis , ragged-robin.

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    orchid

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a plant of the orchid family, bearing unusually-shaped flowers of beautiful colours.
  • (colour) a light bluish]]-red, violet-red or purple [[color, colour.

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • (colour) having a light purple colour.

    • Derived terms

    {, border=0 width=100% , - , valign=top width=33%, {, * bee orchid * fly orchid * fragrant orchid * hyacinth orchid * monkey orchid * musk orchid , } , width=1% , , valign=top width=33%, {, * odontoglossum * orchid bee * orchid tree * orchidaceous * orchidectomy , } , width=1% , , valign=top width=33%, {, * orchidopexy * orchis * polyorchidism * scented orchid * vanda orchid , } , }

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    See also

    {, border=0 width=100% , - , valign=top width=33%, {, * Cattleya * clinandrium * coralroot * Cymbidium * fringed orchis * gold bee , } , width=1% , , valign=top width=33%, {, * helleborine * labellum * ladies' tresses * lady's slipper * puttyroot * rattlesnake plantain , } , width=1% , , valign=top width=33%, {, * resupinate * salep * swamp pink * twayblade * Vanda * , } , }