orchid, orchidaceous plant
(noun) any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors
Source: WordNet® 3.1
orchid (plural orchids)
A plant of the orchid family (Orchidaceae), bearing unusually-shaped flowers of beautiful colours. [mid-19th C.]
A light bluish-red, violet-red or purple colour.
orchid (not comparable)
(colour) having a light purple colour.
• rhodic
Source: Wiktionary
Or"chid, n. Etym: [See Orchis.] (Bot.)
Definition: Any plant of the order Orchidaceæ. See Orchidaceous.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
17 June 2025
(adjective) having deserted a cause or principle; “some provinces had proved recreant”; “renegade supporters of the usurper”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
