[ noun ] any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors <noun.plant>
Orchid \Or"chid\, n. [See {Orchis}.] (Bot.) Any plant of the order {Orchidace[ae]}. See {Orchidaceous}.
With roses costing $60 a dozen at Podesta Baldocchi, San Francisco, salespeople suggest alternatives such as $40 orchid arrangements but find few buyers.
One group of orchid species grows only near the top of the canopy; an entirely different collection of orchids grows at the bottom.
It's like an orchid and a rose.
"Somebody said, `Try an orchid,' and I bought one in a pot, and the blame thing bloomed.
As a present to Mrs. Bush, Mrs. Reagan left a large, long-stem orchid plant in the presidential bedroom, Mrs. Crispen said.