orchid

Etymology
From, , an irregular formation from , from (ostensibly from the shape of the roots ). Supplanted.

Noun

 * 1) A plant of the orchid family, bearing unusually-shaped flowers of beautiful colours.
 * 2) A light bluish-red, violet-red or purple colour.

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: أُورْكِيد, سَحْلَب
 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Hokkien:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: orchidea,
 * Danish: gøgeurt
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:, Knabenkraut
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: ऑर्किड
 * Hungarian:
 * Hunsrik: Paresitt
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian:, bunga anggrek
 * Irish: magairlín, lus na magairlí
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:, 蘭の花
 * Korean:
 * Lao: ດອກກ້ວຍໄມ້
 * Latin: orchis
 * Lisu: ꓚꓬꓸ ꓡꓳꓻ
 * Lithuanian: orchidėja
 * Macedonian: орхиде́ја
 * Malay: ,
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:, orkide
 * Nynorsk: orkidé, orkide
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian: orhideja, kaćun
 * Sicilian: urchidea
 * Slovak: orchidea
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: dapo, orkid, orkidya, orkidyas
 * Thai:
 * Translingual: Orchidaceae
 * Turkish:
 * Vietnamese: ,
 * Volapük: lorkid, rogid
 * Welsh: tegeirian

Adjective

 * 1) Having a light purple colour.

Translations

 * Dutch:
 * Spanish:

Derived terms

 * ( spp.)
 * ( spp. et al.)
 * fragrant orchid
 * ( spp. et al.)
 * hyacinth orchids ( spp.)
 * monkey orchid
 * musk orchid
 * (tribe )
 * orchid tree
 * ( spp.)
 * (Vanda spp.)
 * orchid tree
 * ( spp.)
 * (Vanda spp.)
 * ( spp.)
 * (Vanda spp.)
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