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or⋅chis

[awr-kis]
–noun
1. any orchid.
2. any of various terrestrial orchids, esp. of the genus Orchis, of temperate regions, having spikelike flowers.
3. fringed orchis.

Origin:
1555–65; < L < Gk órchis testicle, plant with roots like testicles
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or·chis   (ôr'kĭs)   
n.  Any of numerous orchids of the genus Orchis, having magenta, white, or magenta-spotted flowers.

[Latin, orchid; see orchid.]
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orchis or·chis (ôr'kĭs)
n.
See testis.

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