Orchidaceous

adj

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Definitions

Adjective

1
Of or pertaining to orchids.
"In keeping with the orchidaceous theme of the wedding, the decorator draped the walls with lavenders and pinks."
2
Exotic in a rare, mysterious, alluring, or sensual way.
"These stories were variously received. […] J. D. found them “charged with Corvonian idiosyncrasy, a jumble-jargon composed of modern slang, old English, Latin, Italian and Greek,” adding: “The Corvo vocabulary is orchidaceous.”"

Synonyms

orchidean orchideous

Example

"In keeping with the orchidaceous theme of the wedding, the decorator draped the walls with lavenders and pinks."

Etymology

From Orchidaceae; equivalent to orchid + -aceous.

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