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:

In a report from Chennai (Madras), the paper said Orchid Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals plans to start exporting sildenafil citrate, the active ingredient in Viagra, to countries in South America and eastern Europe at the end of August.
A short diversion eastwards will bring you to Blahbatuh, where the palace compound, Puri Blahbatuh, has turned into a commercial orchid nursery, sometimes referred to as Puri Anggrek (Orchid Palace).
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) .
Godavari’s Royal Botanical Gardens at the foot of the mountain has an orchid collection, lovely trees, and a brook.