Words similar to orchid

Example sentences for: orchid

How can you use “orchid” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Baiza `small copper coin of Oman,' for example, is the Arabic version of Hindi paisa . Datura `type of plant' and vanda `variety of orchid' reached English via New Latin; gavial `large crocodile,' from Hindi ghariyal ) via French; and mohar `silver coin of Nepal' via Nepalese.
A relatively new project in orchid breeding, it has some 50,000 plants and more than 4,000 varieties of delicate orchids.
the Saloon or the Orchid Tavern is pleas'd to Present, the fam'd Leyden-Jar Danse Macabre!
A guided tour reveals an orchid garden, lychee and mango trees, coffee plants, and splendid specimens of jagüey and ceiba trees.
A few examples follow: dipper duck for the pied-billed grebe; jakes for young male turkeys (their elders are toms); loopwood or witch hobble for the hobblebush ( Viburnum alnifolium ) because the stems bend over and grow roots at the tips creating a loop that can abruptly trip a hiker in snowy woods; pippin , not for the apple, but for the tangy, red berry of wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens); pugger for ferret; quong-queedle for the bobolink; rain crow for the cuckoo, often heard before rain; scoke (or skoke ) for pokeweed ( Phytolacca americana ) of Massachusett Indian origin; skipper for a young deer; and finally an imaginative one, whippoorwill shoes for the lady's slipper orchid (Cypripedium acaule) .