orchis noun. ['ɔ:kɪs] M16.
[Latin from Greek orkhis testicle, with ref. to the shape of the tuber.]
Any of various orchids belonging to or formerly included in the genus Orchis, with spikes of often purple flowers and the outer perianth segments freq. united in a helmet. Also (now rare), any of various wild orchids of other genera.

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