Definition of "orchis" in Englisch

noun

1. An orchid; now specifically, a plant of the genus Orchis.

   • He had a suit of summer mufti, and a broad-brimmed blue beaver hat looped with leaves broken from the hedgerows in the lanes, and a Leander scarf tucked full of flowers: loosestrife, meadowrue, orchis, ragged-robin.

2. (anatomy) A testis.