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"Orchid" Definition

noun

A member of the orchid family.
A pale to light purple, from grayish to purplish pink to strong reddish purple.
The flower of any of these plants, especially one cultivated for ornament.
A light purple.
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.