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orchis
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noun (n)
- any of various deciduous terrestrial orchids having fleshy tubers and flowers in erect terminal racemes(noun.plant)source: wordnet30
- A genus of endogenous plants growing in the North Temperate zone, and consisting of about eighty species. They are perennial herbs growing from a tuber (beside which is usually found the last year's tuber also), and are valued for their showy flowers. See Orchidaceous.(noun)source: webster1913