Orchid: 1 definition
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Orchid means something in biology. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Orchid in English is the name of a plant defined with Eulophia welwitschii in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Orthochilus welwitschii Rchb.f. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Flora (1865)
· Boletim da Sociedade Broteriana (1889)
· Veld & Flora (2003)
· Flora of Tropical Africa (1897)
· Botanical Magazine (7330)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Orchid, for example health benefits, side effects, pregnancy safety, extract dosage, chemical composition, diet and recipes, have a look at these references.
This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.
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Starts with: Orchid ginger, Orchid tree.
Ends with (+5): Big cypress star orchid, Chinese ground orchid, Fairyslipper orchid, Foxtail orchid, Greater purple fringed orchid, Green-flowered bog-orchid, Heart orchid, Hyacinth orchid, Large roundleaved orchid, Lesser purple fringed orchid, Lesser roundleaved orchid, Malabar orchid, Malayan ground orchid, Modoc bog orchid, Northern swamp orchid, Philippine ground orchid, Pigeon orchid, Shower orchid, Slender bog orchid, Stream orchid.
Full-text (+302): Harchur, Shower of orchids, Orchid ginger, Shower orchid, Pigeon orchid, Malabar orchid, Foxtail orchid, Harjora, Heart orchid, Large roundleaved orchid, Variegated orchid tree, Philippine ground orchid, Modoc bog orchid, Malayan ground orchid, Fairyslipper orchid, Snowy orchid tree plant, Poor man's orchid, Lesser roundleaved orchid, Tall alaskan green orchid, Stream orchid.
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Search found 10 books and stories containing Orchid; (plurals include: Orchids). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Tiruvaymoli (Thiruvaimozhi): English translation (by S. Satyamurthi Ayyangar)
Pasuram 6.7.5 < [Section 7 - Seventh Tiruvaymoli (Unnum Coru, Parukum nir)]
Pasuram 8.10.8 < [Section 10 - Tenth Tiruvaymoli (Netumarku atimai)]
Pasuram 10.2.11 < [Section 2 - Second Tiruvaymoli (Ketum itar)]
Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)
Part 10 - Celebes < [Appendix 8.2 - The Romance of Betel-Chewing]
A Dictionary Of Chinese Buddhist Terms (by William Edward Soothill)
Yoga Vasistha [English], Volume 1-4 (by Vihari-Lala Mitra)
Chapter LXV - Story of bhasa and vilasa < [Book V - Upasama khanda (upashama khanda)]
Chapter XIII - Anecdote of indra, and an account of the atomic world < [Book VII - Nirvana prakarana part 2 (nirvana prakarana)]
Chapter XX - Explication of the mysterious character of bhusunda < [Book VI - Nirvana prakarana part 1 (nirvana prakarana)]
Charaka Samhita (English translation) (by Shree Gulabkunverba Ayurvedic Society)
Chapter 4 - Six Hundred Purgative Preparations (virecana-ashraya) < [Sutrasthana (Sutra Sthana) — General Principles]
Chapter 13 - The therapeutics of Abdominal Disease (udara-cikitsa) < [Cikitsasthana (Cikitsa Sthana) — Section on Therapeutics]
Chapter 23 - The therapeutics of Toxicosis (visha-cikitsa) < [Cikitsasthana (Cikitsa Sthana) — Section on Therapeutics]
The Way of the White Clouds (by Anāgarika Lāma Govinda)
Chapter 10 - On the Way of the White Clouds < [Part 1 - Three Visions]