orchidean, a. rare.
(ɔːˈkɪdiːən)
Also orchidian.
[f. mod.L. Orchide-æ (see orchideous) + -an.]
Belonging to the Orchideæ, orchidaceous; pertaining to or characteristic of an orchid.
| 1857 Mayne Expos. Lex., Orchideous: orchidean. 1862 Darwin Fertil. Orchids vi. 271 This single genus [Cypripedium], now widely disseminated, as a record of a former and more simple state of the great Orchidean Order. 1914 C. A. Mercier Astrol. in Med. 4 One eminent physician discovered..the elixir of life in orchidian extract. |