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orchis
PRIMARY MEANINGS OF:
orchis
1
n
any of various deciduous terrestrial orchids having fleshy tubers and flowers in erect terminal racemes
2
n
one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: orchis
1
n
any of various deciduous terrestrial orchids having fleshy tubers and flowers in erect terminal racemes
Types:
Orchis mascula
,
early purple orchid
,
male orchis
Eurasian orchid with showy pink or purple flowers in a loose spike
Orchis papilionaceae
,
butterfly orchid
,
butterfly orchis
Mediterranean orchid having usually purple flowers with a fan-shaped spotted or striped rose-red lip
Orchis spectabilis
,
purple orchis
,
purple-hooded orchis
,
showy orchis
North American orchid having a spike of violet-purple flowers mixed with white; sepals and petals form a hood
Type of:
orchid
,
orchidaceous plant
any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors
2
n
one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens
Synonyms:
ball
,
ballock
,
bollock
,
egg
,
nut
,
testicle
,
testis
Types:
cobblers
a man's testicles (from Cockney rhyming slang: cobbler's awl rhymes with ball)
undescended testicle
,
undescended testis
a testis that fails to move into the scrotum as the male fetus develops
Type of:
gonad
,
sex gland
a gland in which gametes (sex cells) are produced
male reproductive gland
the reproductive organs of a man
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