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  • noun Plural form of orchid.

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Examples

  • The use of pots to sustain orchids is very popular among growers.

    Orchids of Mexico 1997

  • Dabbles in orchids and uses pilot claims in orchid articles.

    Lawdermild, Keavin Lee 2010

  • I'm not even all that interested in orchids, but I was completely engrossed in the book.

    A to Z Meme 2008

  • Las Mercedes 'second and newer place on Acueducto (a $1 cab ride away), amid stark modernity, Zalce sculptures and orchids, is a better bet.

    Mexico's Morelia - More Than Meets The Eye 2007

  • Myriam, the vibrant color of those orchids is stunning!

    centrepiece of the month june myriam 2007

  • Las Mercedes 'second and newer place on Acueducto (a $1 cab ride away), amid stark modernity, Zalce sculptures and orchids, is a better bet.

    Mexico's Morelia - More Than Meets The Eye 2007

  • Hanging orchids from the nearby oak forest adorned the old beams of the porticoes.

    Rancho El Pozo: a vignette 2006

  • Hanging orchids from the nearby oak forest adorned the old beams of the porticoes.

    Rancho El Pozo: a vignette 2006

  • The thing you need to learn with growing orchids is the flowers are the cool thing you get once a year, maybe twice, per plant, and that's only if all goes well.

    09/23/2005 2005

  • I wonder if our florists would not like to buy orchids from the man who passes our door every morning with about a hundred of them strung to a pole which is suspended from his shoulder, only two reals (twenty-five cents) for exquisite plants, with the rare ones but little higher.

    Six Months in Mexico 1888

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