Orchid



GRE TOEFL

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 兰花, 称赞
• ［例］ An un-sung editor deserves some of the orchids.

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: irregular from New Latin Orchis
• Date: 1845
• 1. any of a large family (Orchidaceae, the orchid family) of perennial epiphytic or terrestrial monocotyledonous plants that usually have showy 3-petaled flowers with the middle petal enlarged into a lip and differing from the others in shape and color
• 2. a light purple
• ? orchidlike adjective

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