orchid
nounHow many syllables in orchid?
There are 2 syllables in the word orchid.How to pronounce orchid:
Definition of orchid:
- orchid (noun):
- any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors.
- any of a large family (orchidaceae, the orchid family) of perennial epiphytic or terrestrial monocotyledonous plants that usually have showy 3-petaled flowers with the middle petal enlarged into a lip and differing from the others in shape and color
Synonyms for orchid:
adam-and-eve
aerides
angrecum
aplectrum hyemale
arethusa
bee orchid
bletia
bletia striata
bletilla striata
brassavola
brassia lawrenceana
brassia verrucosa
broad-leaved twayblade
butterfly orchid
butterfly orchis
butterfly plant
caladenia
calanthe
calopogon pulchellum
calopogon tuberosum
calypso
calypso bulbosa
catasetum macrocarpum
cattleya
cattleya citrina
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- condone
- reacquaint
- prevailed
- distressed
- disrobed
- fleeting
- rafflesia
- tatter
- rending
- frightful
- nodded
- mangey
- ticked
- obscured
- peba
- heroic
- farthest
- senseless
- opposed
- hampered
- endear
- behoove
- athirst
- haply
- nearside
- unspoiled
- crackling
- hydro
- plumage
- begging
- abrupt
- unstressed
- brightly
- orange
- scruffy
- feeling
- Zeitgeist
- brownish
- succumb
- courteous
- dangle
- iron
- eschew
- gobbled
- abril
- realness
- stoppage
- sojourn
- frowsy
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