Definition of Genus Orchis

1. Noun. Type genus of the orchid family; hardy terrestrial orchids of the temperate the northern hemisphere.

Generic synonyms: Liliopsid Genus, Monocot Genus
Group relationships: Family Orchidaceae, Orchid Family, Orchidaceae
Member holonyms: Orchis

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Orchis

genus Onopordum
genus Onosmodium
genus Onychium
genus Onychogalea
genus Onychomys
genus Opheodrys
genus Ophiodon
genus Ophioglossum
genus Ophiophagus
genus Ophisaurus
genus Ophrys
genus Opisthocomus
genus Opuntia
genus Orbignya
genus Orchestia
genus Orchis (current term)
genus Orcinus
genus Oreamnos
genus Orectolobus
genus Oreopteris
genus Oreortyx
genus Origanum
genus Oriolus
genus Orites
genus Ormosia
genus Ornithogalum
genus Ornithorhynchus
genus Orontium
genus Ortalis
genus Orthilia

Literary usage of Genus Orchis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Botanical Abstracts by Board of Control of Botanical Abstracts (1921)
"5: 180-183. Pi. Ц-18. 1917 [1918]. 838. MCKECHNIE, H. Notes on the genus Orchis. Bot. Soc. and Exchange Club British Isles Rept. 5: 183-189. 1917 [1918]. ..."

2. Our Native Orchids: A Series of Drawings from Nature of All the Species by William Hamilton Gibson, Helena Dewey Leeming Jelliffe (1905)
"In the genus Orchis the plants have fleshy, fibrous roots, and in our species the stems consist of the flower stalk rising from one or two large leaves. ..."

3. The Various Contrivances by which Orchids are Fertilised by Insects by Charles Darwin (1904)
"... include most of our common British species, and we will begin with the genus Orchis. The reader may find the following details rather difficult to ..."

4. Physical Geography by Mary Somerville (1854)
"Relating to the genus orchis. OR'GAN. From the Gr. organon, an instrument Part of an organized being, destined to exercise some particular function; ..."

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