orchis

Sinhala Dictionary definitions for orchis

orchis 🔊

orchis : මුෂ්කය

orchis definition

Noun.

  1. A genus of endogenous plants growing in the North Temperate zone, and consisting of about eighty species. They are perennial herbs growing from a tuber (beside which is usually found the last year's tuber also), and are valued for their showy flowers. See Orchidaceous.
  2. Any plant of the same family with the orchis; an orchid.