Orchis /(?)/

Or·chis

Orchis

prop. n.

pl. Orchises

  1. 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. (Bot.)
  2. Any plant of the same family with the orchis; an orchid. (Bot.)