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orchis
 
Noun orchis has 2 senses
  1. orchis - any of various deciduous terrestrial orchids having fleshy tubers and flowers in erect terminal racemes
    --1 is a kind of     orchid, orchidaceous plant
    --1 is a member of genus Orchis
    --1 has particulars:
     male orchis, early purple orchid, Orchis mascula; butterfly orchid, butterfly orchis, Orchis papilionaceae; showy orchis, purple orchis, purple-hooded orchis, Orchis spectabilis
  2. testis, testicle, orchis, ball, ballock, bollock, nut, egg - one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens; "she kicked him in the balls and got away"
    --2 is a kind of male reproductive gland; gonad, sex gland
    --2 is a part of
     male reproductive system; male genitalia, male genitals, male genital organ, family jewels
     --2 has parts:
     testicular artery, internal spermatic artery, arteria testicularis; testicular vein, vena testicularis; seminiferous tubule; epididymis; rete testis; vas deferens, ductus deferens; spermatic cord
     --2 has particulars: cobblers; undescended testis, undescended testicle
orchidaceous plant orchidales orchidalgia orchidectomy orchids orchiectomy orchil orchiopexy orchis orchis mascula orchis papilionaceae orchis spectabilis orchism orchitis orchits orchotomy orcin

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