orchis

IPA: ˈɔrkʌs

Examples of "orchis" in Sentences

Bishop's Cap, Dutchman's breeches, and showy orchis.
The term orchis comes from the Greek, meaning testicle.
[Revision of "Exit orchis," Wildlife 2: 2 (Aug 1940), 17.]
The handsome, large purple-fringed orchis is also found here.
A kind of orchis, and used, with its various appellations, "sensu obsc."
Exit orchis: A little action now would save our fast disappearing wildlife.
Flowers were scarce, and there were not many orchids, but I noticed the fine white butterfly-orchis, Phalaenopsis grandiflora, or a species closely allied to it.
Of all the fragrant blossoms that haunt the woods, I know none so exquisite as that night-scented orchis which is called indifferently, the butterfly or the lily of the valley.
He was a very unlovely man was Private Sim, especially when asleep, for at this time he opened his mouth very wide, and around it the busy flies were flitting, evidently taking it for the flower of some new kind of orchis or carnivorous plant, and they buzzed about and around it as if enjoying the fun of going as near as they could without quite getting into danger.