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Orchis

//ˈɔɹ.kɪs// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An orchid; now specifically, a plant of the genus Orchis.

    "[T]heir maid has dreſſed their hats with cowſlips, orchiſſes, cuckoo-flowers, and golden-cups—[…]"

  2. 2
    one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens wordnet
  3. 3
    A testis.
  4. 4
    any of various deciduous terrestrial orchids having fleshy tubers and flowers in erect terminal racemes wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin orchis, from Ancient Greek ὄρχις (órkhis, “testicle”).

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