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- adjective Resembling an
orchid or some aspect of one.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Here, flowers grew in riotous colors and gaudy abundance, and Phoebe made a fragrant pink and white wreath of orchidlike blossoms to wear in her hair.
Pirates Linda Miller 1995
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Many were aflame with orchidlike blossoms in shades of yellow, pink, scarlet, and mauve.
Blood Test Jonathan Kellerman 1986
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Many were aflame with orchidlike blossoms in shades of yellow, pink, scarlet, and mauve.
Blood Test Jonathan Kellerman 1986
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Many were aflame with orchidlike blossoms in shades of yellow, pink, scarlet, and mauve.
Blood Test Kellerman, Jonathan 1986
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Many were aflame with orchidlike blossoms in shades of yellow, pink, scarlet, and mauve.
Blood Test Jonathan Kellerman 1986
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Long, dangling vines; air plants, with giant pods and vivid orchidlike blossoms.
Brigands of the Moon Ray Cummings 1922
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Dimly and wordlessly he had felt that here was a creature who had reached an orchidlike perfection through a long process of evolution, and generations of luxury.
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The plants have fleshy roots, almost orchidlike, and they like to be a bit pot-bound.
The Washington Post: National, World & D.C. Area News and Headlines - washingtonpost.com 2011
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Another legislator, a young gentleman from Uvalde, so eloquently extolled the virtues of the cactus, noting the hardy durability of the plant and the orchidlike beauty of its flowers, that he earned the nickname "Cactus Jack."
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Another legislator, a young gentleman from Uvalde, so eloquently extolled the virtues of the cactus, noting the hardy durability of the plant and the orchidlike beauty of its flowers, that he earned the nickname "Cactus Jack."
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