Orchisses

Synonyms for "orchisses" (13 found)

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As alſo your ſeverall ſorts of Satyrions which have the evident reſemblance of the genitall parts upon them: Aron eſpecially, and all your Orchiſſes, that they have given names unto from ſome beaſts or other, as Cynoſorchis, Orchis Myodes, Tragorchis and the like.

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Radix Testiculata, a teſticulated root, is a double tuberous root; for it conſiſts of two knobs, reſembling a pair of teſticles; of this ſort are ſome of the Orchiſſes.

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Fortunately it is a ſeaſon when he is eaſily amuſed—I ſend him out with his ſiſter and his maid into the ſurrounding meadows, where, after their maid has dreſſed their hats with cowſlips, orchiſſes, cuckoo-flowers, and golden-cups—my Harriet brings home her lap full of theſe “gay children of the May,” and, in her imperfect language, ſays, they are for “dear mama.”

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The ſoil on the baſe and ſides of Ingleborough (where there is any) is chiefly peatmoſs which the country people get up and burn for fuel: the cover is in general ling or heath: other vegetables are ferns of various kinds; reindeer moſs, and various other moſſes; heleborines, white and red; the different ſorts of ſeedums; crane’s bills, ſcurvy graſs, bird’s eyes, various liver-worts, orchiſſes, roſe-wort, lily of the valley, mountain columbines; the hurtle-berry or bill-berry, knout-berry, cran-berry, cloud-berry, and cow-berry.

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