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orchis

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6 lettersPronunciation /ˈɔː.kɪs/Part of speech nounSorted chiorsStarts with OEnds with S0 clues
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Definitions

  1. one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens

Word origin

Borrowed from Latin orchis, from Ancient Greek ὄρχις (órkhis, “testicle”).

Used in a sentence

  • [T]heir maid has dreſſed their hats with cowſlips, orchiſſes, cuckoo-flowers, and golden-cups—[…]
  • He had a suit of summer mufti, and a broad-brimmed blue beaver hat looped with leaves broken from the hedgerows in the lanes, and a Leander scarf tucked full of flowers: loosestrife, meadowrue, orchis, ragged-robin.

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