Orchis is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for ORCHIS in dictionary:

NOUN:
• (Greek) any flower of the Orchis genus
• an orchid of (or formerly of) a genus native to north temperate regions, characterized by a tuberous root and an erect fleshy stem bearing a spike of typically purple or pinkish flowers.
• any wild orchid occurring in temperate regions.
• type of orchid
• 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.
• any of various deciduous terrestrial orchids having fleshy tubers and flowers in erect terminal racemes
• one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens

Words related to ORCHIS

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Words that contain ORCHIS

orchises13 monorchism19 monorchisms20 cryptorchism26 cryptorchisms27

How to use ORCHIS in a sentence

• Ruskin calls it, I know of no lovelier foil for the lobelia than the white orchis, which haunts the same marshy spots.
• Lying on the doorsill she found some fragrant spikes of late-blooming orchis tied with a grass blade.
• The orchis binds her feather on For her old lover, Don the Sun, Revisiting the bog! Without commander, countless, still, The regiment of wood and hill In bright detachment stand.
• Her face is rounder than the moon, And ruddier than the gown Of orchis in the pasture, Or rhododendron worn.
• The sides of Mount Hunter, though very steep, were clothed with timber to the summit, and the ground filled with the Orchis root.
• Shades of delicately carved ivory, softened the light to a faint opal tint, and all around stood pots of orchis, peonies, and daisies, which filled the air with delicious perfume.
• This root appears to be a species of the orchis, or has much of its nutritive quality.

Similar words containing ORCHI without suffix s

orchid12 orchil11 orchids13 orchils12 orchilla13 orchises13 orchitic15 orchitis13 torchier13 torching14 monorchid17 orchidist15 orchillas14 scorching17 torchiere14 torchiers14 torchiest14 torchings15 monorchids18 monorchism19 orchideous16 orchidists16 orchidlike20 orchitises15 scorchings18 torchieres15 bescorching21 cryptorchid24 monorchisms20 orchidology21 orchiectomy23 scorchingly22 blowtorching23 cryptorchids25 cryptorchism26 monorchidism22 orchidaceous20 orchidectomy25 orchidomania20 cryptorchisms27 monorchidisms23 orchidologies20 orchidologist20 orchidomaniac23 orchidomanias21 orchiectomies22 scorchingness21 cryptorchidism29 orchidectomies24 orchidologists21 orchidomaniacs24 cryptorchidisms30 scorchingnesses23

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