Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
orchidaceous .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Bot.) Orchidaceous.
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- adjective botany
orchidaceous
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Examples
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It is commonly done, and so the costly people of a single pattern contrive to push forth, flatteringly to themselves, luxuriant shoots of individuality in their orchidean glass-house.
Lord Ormont and His Aminta — Complete George Meredith 1868
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It is commonly done, and so the costly people of a single pattern contrive to push forth, flatteringly to themselves, luxuriant shoots of individuality in their orchidean glass-house.
Lord Ormont and His Aminta — Volume 4 George Meredith 1868
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It is commonly done, and so the costly people of a single pattern contrive to push forth, flatteringly to themselves, luxuriant shoots of individuality in their orchidean glass-house.
Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868
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