orchis

1. Any of various deciduous terrestrial orchids having fleshy tubers and flowers in erect terminal racemes (synset 112063913)
   is a type of: orchid, orchidaceous plant - any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors
   subtypes:

   • early purple orchid, male orchis, orchis mascula - Eurasian orchid with showy pink or purple flowers in a loose spike
   • butterfly orchid, butterfly orchis, orchis papilionaceae - Mediterranean orchid having usually purple flowers with a fan-shaped spotted or striped rose-red lip
   • orchis spectabilis, purple orchis, purple-hooded orchis, showy orchis - North American orchid having a spike of violet-purple flowers mixed with white; sepals and petals form a hood
   belongs to: genus orchis - type genus of the orchid family; hardy terrestrial orchids of the temperate the northern hemisphere
2. One of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens (synset 105532266)
   "she kicked him in the balls and got away"
   is a type of:

   • gonad, sex gland - a gland in which gametes (sex cells) are produced
   • male reproductive gland - the reproductive organs of a man
   subtypes:

   • cobblers - a man's testicles (from Cockney rhyming slang: cobbler's awl rhymes with ball)
   • undescended testicle, undescended testis - a testis that fails to move into the scrotum as the male fetus develops
   has:

   • arteria testicularis, internal spermatic artery, testicular artery - a branch of the aorta supplying the testicles
   • testicular vein, vena testicularis - a vein from the testicles
   • seminiferous tubule - any of the numerous long convoluted tubules in the testis which are the sites where spermatozoa mature
   • epididymis - a convoluted tubule in each testis; carries sperm to vas deferens
   • rete testis - network of tubules carrying sperm from the seminiferous tubules to the vasa efferentia
   • ductus deferens, vas deferens - a duct that carries spermatozoa from the epididymis to the ejaculatory duct
   • spermatic cord - a structure resembling a cord that suspends the testis within the scrotum and contains the vas deferens and other vessels and nerves
   is a part of:

   • male reproductive system - the reproductive system of males
   • family jewels, male genital organ, male genitalia, male genitals - external male sex organs
   same as: ball, ballock, bollock, egg, nut, testicle, testis

Other Searches

• Rhyme: Dillfrog, RhymeZone
• Definition: Wiktionary, Dictionary.com, Wikipedia, Merriam-Webster, WordNet, Power Thesaurus
• Imagery: Google, Flickr, Bing