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orchid
noun
a plant of the orchid family, bearing unusually-shaped flowers of beautiful colours.
(colour) a light blue, bluish-red, violet-red or purple color, colour.
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Translations:
Dutch: orchidee
French: orchidée
German: Orchidee
Italian: orchidea
Spanish: orquídea
(
trans-bottom
) (
trans-top, colour
)
(
trans-mid
)
(
trans-bottom
)
adjective
(colour) having a light purple colour.
Translations:
Dutch: lichtpaars
(
trans-mid
)
Spanish: orquídea
(
trans-bottom
)
Etymology:
From Latin
orchis
(wrongly interpreting
orchid-
as the stem), from Greek "testicle".
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