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Definition of Orchids
1. orchid [n] - See also: orchid
Lexicographical Neighbors of Orchids
Literary usage of Orchids
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1901)
"Large quantities of orchids are annually imported to replenish northern hothouses.
... Nevertheless the interest in orchids is not declining. ..."
2. Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society by Royal Horticultural Society (Great Britain). (1893)
"WHEN you casually mention that you are a grower of orchids, the general public put
... The prevailing idea is that orchids are not only expensive to buy, ..."
3. The Reign of Law by George Douglas Campbell Argyll (1873)
"was ever presented than In the curious volume published by Mr. Darwin on the "
Fertilisation of orchids.'71 It appears that the fertilisation of almost all ..."
4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1884)
"The orchids of New England: a popular monograph. By HENRY BALDWIN. New York,
Wiley, 1884. 158p.,illustr. 8°. LOVERS of flowers have always wondered at and ..."
5. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"Other orchids are epiphytes, and are found in the moist atmosphere of tropical
or subtropical ... Among the epiphytic orchids two forms of roots are devel- ..."
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