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Orchis

Orchis · f

A plant

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Where it lives

Res Rustica, Books I-IX 2 · 0.25/10k
Naturalis Historia 7 · 0.18/10k

What it meant

orchis — Lewis & Short

orchis, is, f., = o)/rxis

I A plant, a kind of olive, Col. 5, 8, 4; id. Arb. 17, 3; Pall. Febr. 18, 4.—

II Another plant, so called from the shape of its roots, the orchis: mirabilis est orchis herba, sive serapias, gemina radice testiculis simili, Plin. 26, 10, 62, § 95.

In the wild

Orchis Columella, Res Rustica, Books I-IX 5.8.3
orchim Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 27.8.p2
orchis Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 26.10.p2
orchis Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 1.27.p41
orchis Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 1.26.p62
orchis Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 26.12.p5

6 of 9 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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