orchidaceous
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Definition of orchidaceous
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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Of or pertaining to orchids.
“In keeping with the orchidaceous theme of the wedding, the decorator draped the walls with lavenders and pinks.”
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adj
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Of or pertaining to orchids.
“In keeping with the orchidaceous theme of the wedding, the decorator draped the walls with lavenders and pinks.”
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Exotic in a rare, mysterious, alluring, or sensual way.
“These stories were variously received. […] J. D. found them “charged with Corvonian idiosyncrasy, a jumble-jargon composed of modern slang, old English, Latin, Italian and Greek,” adding: “The Corvo vocabulary is orchidaceous.””
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Etymology
From Orchidaceae; equivalent to orchid + -aceous.
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