ORCHID
ADJECTIVES
► ORCHIDACEOUS resembling an orchid in some ways, esp. in being showy → 1864
► ORCHIDEAL pert. to or characteristic of an orchid → 1848
► ORCHIDEAN pert. to or characteristic of an orchid → 1857
NOUNS
► BEE FLOWER an orchid → 1959 Amer. dial.
► GAMFERGREYGLES orchids → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► ORCHIDOLOGY the branch of botany dealing with orchids → 1885
► ORCHIDOMANIA a craze for orchids → 1849
NOUNS – PERSON
► ORCHIDACEAN one who devotes himself to the cultivation of orchids; an orchid fancier → 1887
► ORCHIDIST a cultivator of orchids; an orchid fancier → 1881
► ORCHIDOLOGIST one versed in the branch of botany dealing with orchids → 1881
► ORCHIDOPHILIST a lover of orchids → 1882
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