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Synonyms
Etymology
1. orchid
noun. ['ˈɔrkəd'] any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors.
Synonyms
- Habenaria bifolia
- Dactylorhiza fuchsii
- Coeloglossum bracteatum
- stelis
- moth orchid
- Bletilla striata
- greenhood
- lady's tresses
- fen orchid
- calypso
- orchidaceous plant
- foxtail orchid
- cymbidium
- pansy orchid
- epidendron
- Cleistes rosea
- ladies' slipper
- bletia
- Brassia lawrenceana
- Venus's slipper
- Hexalectris warnockii
- swan-flower
- caladenia
- pleurothallis
- Venus' slipper
- Malaxis-unifolia
- Gymnadenia conopsea
- Epidendrum tampense
- puttyroot
- Encyclia tampensis
- masdevallia
- frog orchid
- Platanthera chlorantha
- maxillaria
- Calopogon pulchellum
- family Orchidaceae
- lesser twayblade
- orange-blossom orchid
- dendrobium
- tongue-flower
- lady-slipper
- butterfly plant
- Venus's shoe
- Malaxis ophioglossoides
- Indian crocus
- twayblade
- Encyclia venosa
- Hexalectris spicata
- grass pink
- tangle orchid
- angrecum
- satyr orchid
- Sarcochilus falcatus
- swan orchid
- prairie white-fringed orchid
- oncidium
- tongueflower
- vanda
- Encyclia citrina
- laelia
- dancing lady orchid
- Coeloglossum viride
- Habenaria chlorantha
- Liparis loeselii
- arethusa
- snow orchid
- rosebud orchid
- tulip orchid
- adam-and-eve
- lesser butterfly orchid
- swanflower
- short-spurred fragrant orchid
- coral root
- Orchidaceae
- slipper orchid
- phaius
- jumping orchid
- bee orchid
- Himantoglossum hircinum
- swanneck
- Epidendrum venosum
- phantom orchid
- Dactylorhiza maculata fuchsii
- lady's slipper
- swan-neck
- Platanthera bifolia
- cymbid
- Bletia striata
- common spotted orchid
- Calypso bulbosa
- Brassia verrucosa
- ladies' tresses
- crested coral root
- sobralia
- stanhopea
- Texas purple spike
- fringed orchid
- Ophrys insectifera
- fragrant orchid
- cypripedia
- butterfly orchis
- vanilla
- calanthe
- fen orchis
- greater butterfly orchid
- Pogonia rosea
- brassavola
- lizard orchid
- cattleya
- Ophrys muscifera
- Calopogon tuberosum
- funnel-crest rosebud orchid
- moth plant
- broad-leaved twayblade
- spider orchid
- fringed orchis
- helmetflower
- Listera cordata
- disa
- odontoglossum
- rattlesnake orchid
- Cattleya citrina
- helleborine
- green adder's mouth
- butterfly orchid
- Catasetum macrocarpum
- spreading pogonia
- aerides
- flower
- Cleistes divaricata
- Platanthera leucophea
- helmet orchid
- Eburophyton austinae
- pogonia
- orchis
- Pogonia divaricata
- mentum
- fly orchid
- rein orchid
- rattlesnake plantain
- coelogyne
- liparis
- Gymnadenia odoratissima
- rein orchis
- orchid family
- jewel orchid
- Aplectrum hyemale
- Listera ovata
- Listera convallarioides
- Ophrys apifera
- fairy-slipper
Etymology
- orchis (Latin)
- ὄρχις (Ancient Greek (to 1453))
