orchis

English - Turkish

Definition of orchis in English Turkish dictionary

(Tıp) salep

(Tıp) orşis

salepotu

orkide

{i} yabani orkide

{i} salep otu

Related Terms

fringed orchis

saçaklı salep otu

English - English

Definition of orchis in English English dictionary

Any plant of the genus Orchis; an orchid

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.

A genus of endogenous plants growing in the North Temperate zone, and consisting of about eighty species

one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens; "she kicked him in the balls and got away"

any of various deciduous terrestrial orchids having fleshy tubers and flowers in erect terminal racemes

Any plant of the same family with the orchis; an orchid

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

Related Terms

fringed orchis

any of several summer-flowering American orchids distinguished by a fringed or lacerated lip

fringed orchis

Any of various orchids of the genus Habenaria, having variously colored flowers with a fringed lip and a spurred base

genus orchis

type genus of the orchid family; hardy terrestrial orchids of the temperate the northern hemisphere

male orchis

Eurasian orchid with showy pink or purple flowers in a loose spike

showy orchis

North American orchid having a spike of violet-purple flowers mixed with white; sepals and petals form a hood

white fringed orchis

bog orchid of eastern North America with a spike of pure white fringed flowers

Hyphenation

or·chis