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单词 orchid
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Definition of orchid in English:

orchid

noun ˈɔːkɪdˈɔrkəd
  • 1A plant with complex flowers that are often showy or bizarrely shaped, having a large specialized lip (labellum) and frequently a spur. Orchids occur worldwide, especially as epiphytes in tropical forests, and are valuable hothouse plants.

    兰科植物,兰花

    Family Orchidaceae: numerous genera and species

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Where else can you grow bromeliads and orchids outside by simply hanging them in trees?
    • The plants that he uses include ferns, bromeliads, orchids and palm trees.
    • Meanwhile, a large number of plants, such as orchids and sandalwood, have been smuggled into domestic and overseas markets.
    • This common, damaging pest likes to feed on the roots of Hawaii's colorful and exotic tropical orchids.
    • To maintain the supply of orchids and tropical plants, the company has a tissue culture lab that can produce two to three million plants a year.
    • Blooming plants such as orchids and kalanchoe need more light than palms.
    • The venue is a hotel resort set in a lush tropical garden overflowing with orchids and other native flowers.
    • The next phase will be completed by next July, which will then include up to 10,000 plant species from banana plants to rare orchids.
    • Lady slippers and some kinds of cymbidium are terrestrial orchids.
    • Flowering epiphytes - bromeliads, orchids and cacti - are presented most commonly.
    • Only a few epiphyte ferns, orchids and bromeliads have been studied genetically.
    • Certain plants such as orchids and some varieties of bromeliads will do best in mediums made especially for them.
    • Sales of orchids and other tropical plants amount to a huge export industry.
    • Bamboos, ferns, bromeliads, epiphytes and orchids will all thrive in this microclimate.
    • Many tropical orchids are epiphytes, growing on the side of trees, and will not do well if their roots stay wet.
    • Because orchids are primarily tropical epiphytes and small herbs, they do not have a fossil record.
    • Butterflies and bogflies flutter above and around trefoils, daisies, clovers, sea-pinks and orchids.
    • Use the shelf created by the window for an orchid or another tropical plant.
    • There were white roses, pink roses, bright yellow sunflowers, lilies, daisies and orchids.
    • Other flowers that work well include stephanotis, tulips and orchids.
    1. 1.1 The flowering stem of a cultivated orchid.
      兰花
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Anthuriums, orchids and lilies remain unspoilt for at least 10 to 15 days.
      • The church people gave out corsages to the mothers, and of course the flower pinned to the leaf was an orchid.

Derivatives

  • orchidist

  • noun
    • The prospective orchidist will want to have a general knowledge of the orchid family and a survey of the individual members with whom he may want later to become more closely acquainted.
  • orchidology

  • nounɔːkɪˈdɒlədʒi
    • John Lindley is known as the greatest orchidologist of the nineteenth century, a time when the interest in this huge group of plants was intense.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from modern Latin Orchid(ac)eae, formed irregularly from Latin orchis (see orchis).

Definition of orchid in US English:

orchid

nounˈɔrkədˈôrkəd
  • 1A plant with complex flowers that are often showy or bizarrely shaped, having a large specialized lip (labellum) and frequently a spur. Orchids occur worldwide, especially as epiphytes in tropical forests, and are valuable hothouse plants.

    兰科植物,兰花

    Family Orchidaceae: numerous genera and species

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Because orchids are primarily tropical epiphytes and small herbs, they do not have a fossil record.
    • Lady slippers and some kinds of cymbidium are terrestrial orchids.
    • Flowering epiphytes - bromeliads, orchids and cacti - are presented most commonly.
    • To maintain the supply of orchids and tropical plants, the company has a tissue culture lab that can produce two to three million plants a year.
    • Only a few epiphyte ferns, orchids and bromeliads have been studied genetically.
    • Where else can you grow bromeliads and orchids outside by simply hanging them in trees?
    • Use the shelf created by the window for an orchid or another tropical plant.
    • This common, damaging pest likes to feed on the roots of Hawaii's colorful and exotic tropical orchids.
    • Bamboos, ferns, bromeliads, epiphytes and orchids will all thrive in this microclimate.
    • Blooming plants such as orchids and kalanchoe need more light than palms.
    • Certain plants such as orchids and some varieties of bromeliads will do best in mediums made especially for them.
    • There were white roses, pink roses, bright yellow sunflowers, lilies, daisies and orchids.
    • Sales of orchids and other tropical plants amount to a huge export industry.
    • The venue is a hotel resort set in a lush tropical garden overflowing with orchids and other native flowers.
    • The next phase will be completed by next July, which will then include up to 10,000 plant species from banana plants to rare orchids.
    • Meanwhile, a large number of plants, such as orchids and sandalwood, have been smuggled into domestic and overseas markets.
    • Many tropical orchids are epiphytes, growing on the side of trees, and will not do well if their roots stay wet.
    • Other flowers that work well include stephanotis, tulips and orchids.
    • The plants that he uses include ferns, bromeliads, orchids and palm trees.
    • Butterflies and bogflies flutter above and around trefoils, daisies, clovers, sea-pinks and orchids.
    1. 1.1 The flowering stem of a cultivated orchid.
      兰花
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The church people gave out corsages to the mothers, and of course the flower pinned to the leaf was an orchid.
      • Anthuriums, orchids and lilies remain unspoilt for at least 10 to 15 days.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from modern Latin Orchid(ac)eae, formed irregularly from Latin orchis (see orchis).

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