orchidaceous

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20
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12

Definition of orchidaceous

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. 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

  1. Of or pertaining to orchids.
    “In keeping with the orchidaceous theme of the wedding, the decorator draped the walls with lavenders and pinks.”
  2. 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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