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orchis

/awr-kis/US // ˈɔr kɪs //UK // (ˈɔːkɪs) //

赭石,赭石色,赭色,赭红

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : any orchid.
    • : any of various terrestrial orchids, especially of the genus Orchis, of temperate regions, having spikelike flowers.
    • : fringed orchis.

Examples

  • The first to bloom in the spring is the showy orchis, though it is far less showy than several others.

  • Of course it is; and up that stem zigzags the green fleshy chain of the Vanille Orchis.

  • Will you please to read the enclosed, and then you will understand what I wish observed with respect to the bee-orchis.

  • I am infinitely obliged for your most clearly stated observations on the bee-orchis.

  • The sides of Mount Hunter, though very steep, were clothed with timber to the summit, and the ground filled with the Orchis root.