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or·chis

(ôr′kĭs)

Any of various temperate orchids of the genus Orchis and related genera, having yellow or purple, sometimes spotted flowers.

[Latin, orchid; see orchid.]

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orchis

(ˈɔːkɪs)

1. (Plants) any terrestrial orchid of the N temperate genus Orchis, having fleshy tubers and spikes of typically pink flowers

2. (Plants) any of various temperate or tropical orchids of the genus Habenaria, such as the fringed orchis

[C16: via Latin from Greek orkhis testicle; so called from the shape of its roots]

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or•chis

(ˈɔr kɪs)

n.

any terrestrial or epiphytic orchid of the genus Orchis, bearing flowers on spikes.

[1555–65; < Latin < Greek órchis testicle]

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Noun	1.	orchis - any of various deciduous terrestrial orchids having fleshy tubers and flowers in erect terminal racemes orchid, orchidaceous plant - any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors genus Orchis - type genus of the orchid family; hardy terrestrial orchids of the temperate the northern hemisphere early purple orchid, male orchis, Orchis mascula - Eurasian orchid with showy pink or purple flowers in a loose spike Orchis papilionaceae, butterfly orchis, butterfly orchid - 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
	2.	orchis - one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens; "she kicked him in the balls and got away" ballock, bollock, testicle, testis, egg, ball, nut arteria testicularis, internal spermatic artery, testicular artery - a branch of the aorta supplying the testicles testicular vein, vena testicularis - a vein from the testicles male reproductive system - the reproductive system of males family jewels, male genital organ, male genitalia, male genitals - external male sex organs seminiferous tubule - any of the numerous long convoluted tubules in the testis which are the sites where spermatozoa mature gonad, sex gland - a gland in which gametes (sex cells) are produced cobblers - a man's testicles (from Cockney rhyming slang: cobbler's awl rhymes with ball) male reproductive gland - the reproductive organs of a man undescended testicle, undescended testis - a testis that fails to move into the scrotum as the male fetus develops; "undescended testicles have an increased risk for cancer" epididymis - a convoluted tubule in each testis; carries sperm to vas deferens rete testis - network of tubules carrying sperm from the seminiferous tubules to the vasa efferentia ductus deferens, vas deferens - a duct that carries spermatozoa from the epididymis to the ejaculatory duct spermatic cord - a structure resembling a cord that suspends the testis within the scrotum and contains the vas deferens and other vessels and nerves

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gegužraibė

orchis

[ˈɔːkɪs] N → orquídea f

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Other cases could be given; for instance in plants, the very curious contrivance of a mass of pollen-grains, borne on a foot-stalk with a sticky gland at the end, is the same in Orchis and Asclepias,--genera almost as remote as possible amongst flowering plants.

If we admire the several ingenious contrivances, by which the flowers of the orchis and of many other plants are fertilised through insect agency, can we consider as equally perfect the elaboration by our fir-trees of dense clouds of pollen, in order that a few granules may be wafted by a chance breeze on to the ovules?

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It makes it so cumbersome and dangerous to manage, you never know a moment's freedom from anxiety and care, never gain a moment's rest for dreamy laziness - no time to watch the windy shadows skimming lightly o'er the shallows, or the glittering sunbeams flitting in and out among the ripples, or the great trees by the margin looking down at their own image, or the woods all green and golden, or the lilies white and yellow, or the sombre- waving rushes, or the sedges, or the orchis, or the blue forget-me-nots.

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Simultaneous usage of the terms orchis (op%ic) and testis, as well as tuba uterina and salpinx (&a1my%), is valid from the clinical standpoint; corresponding Greek-derived terms are more often used in clinical designations such as orchitis, anorchia, or salpingitis.

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Ambrex, a licensed polyherbal formulation consists of five 'Generally-Safe' Indian herbs: Withania somnifera, Cycas circirnalis, Shorea, robusta, Orchis mascula and amber (a resin from Pinus succinifera) that are blended together in accordance to the Siddha-system of medicine.

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(5.) Chang AJ, Mylonakis E, Karanasias P, De Orchis DF, Gold R.

Atipik Klinik Seyirli Karotis Arter Diseksiyonu/Atypical Clinical Course in a Patient with Acute Carotid Artery Dissection

Spatial genetic structure in populations of the terrestrial orchid Orchis cyclochila (Orchidaceae).

Patterns of Genetic Diversity in Rare and Common Orchids Focusing on the Korean Peninsula: Implications for Conservation

These works include the entire family, certain subfamilies, tribes or subtribes [47-60], or more specific works at the level of certain genera like Serapias [61], Dactylorhiza [62, 63], Nigritella and Gymnadenia [64-66], Anacamptis, Orchis, and Neotinea [67-69], Limnorchis and Platanthera [70], Chamorchis and Traunsteinera [71], or Ophrys [72, 73].

Conservation Status of the Family Orchidaceae in Spain Based on European, National, and Regional Catalogues of Protected Species

Sprengel, in as early as 1793, was the first to report such deceitful pollination based on his observations on two species of the genus Orchis, O.

Ecologia de la polinizacion de Clerodendrum indicum (Lamiaceae): primer informe de la polinizacion por engano imitando el estigma en una flor bisexual

Esta baja distincion de estructuras florares a nivel intragenerico ha sido tambien registrada en especies de reciente diversificacion como en el genero Orchis (Orchidaceae, Pinheiro & De Barros 2008); no obstante los resultados de Weeks et al.

Analisis morfologico comparativo de las estructuras reproductivas masculinas de los generos Orthopterygium y Amphipterygium (Anacardiaceae)

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