orchid

orchid
noun
  1. a plant with complex flowers that are often showy or bizarrely shaped, having a large specialized lip (labellum) and frequently a spur. Orchids occur worldwide, especially as epiphytes in tropical forests, and are valuable hothouse plants
    兰科植物,兰花
  2. Family Orchidaceae: numerous genera and species
    兰科:众多属,众多种
    ■the flowering stem of a cultivated orchid
    兰花
派生
orchidist
noun
语源
  1. mid 19th cent.: from modern Latin Orchid(ac)eae, formed irregularly from Latin orchis (see orchis)
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