orchis (redirected from Orchises)

or·chis  (ôrks)

n.

Any of numerous orchids of the genus Orchis, having magenta, white, or magenta-spotted flowers.

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[Latin, orchid; see orchid.]

Thesaurus

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