Definition
Beautiful flowering plants with exotic, unusually shaped flowers, often with vibrant colors and delicate petals.
Etymology
From Greek 'orkhis' meaning testicle, because ancient Greeks thought the plant's tubers looked like testicles. The scientific name literally refers to this anatomical resemblance.
Kelly Says
Orchids are the largest family of flowering plants with over 25,000 species—more species than all mammals combined—and some orchids trick bees into pollinating them by looking and smelling like female bees.
Translations
ARالعربية
أوركيد
or-kee-d
CACatalà
Orquídies
or-kee-dee-es
CSČeština
Orchideje
or-kee-de-je
DADansk
Orkideer
or-kee-der
DEDeutsch
Orchideen
or-kee-den
ELΕλληνικά
Ορχιδέες
or-kee-des
ESEspañol
Orquídeas
or-kee-deas
FISuomi
Orchideja
or-kee-de-ja
FRFrançais
Orchidées
or-kee-dee
HEעברית
אוֹרְכִיד
or-khee-d
HUMagyar
orchideák
or-kee-deh-ak
IDBahasa Indonesia
Anggrek
an-grek
ITItaliano
Orchidee
or-kee-dee
MSBahasa Melayu
Orkid
or-kid
MYမြန်မာ
ရွှေပန်း
shwe-pa-an
NLNederlands
Orchideeën
or-kee-dee-en
NONorsk
Orkideer
or-kee-der
PLPolski
Orchidee
or-kee-dee
PTPortuguês
Orquídeas
or-kee-deas
RORomână
Orhidee
or-hee-deh
RUРусский
Орхидеи
orkh-ei
SVSvenska
Orchider
or-kee-der
SWKiswahili
Orchids
or-kid
TAதமிழ்
பூப்பூக்கள்
poo-poo-kaal
TEతెలుగు
ఆర్కిడీ
ar-kee-dee
TRTürkçe
Orkideler
ork-i-deh-ler
UKУкраїнська
Орхідеї
orkh-ei