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PRONUNCIATION OF MAN ORCHID

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MAN ORCHID

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Man orchid is a noun.
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WHAT DOES MAN ORCHID MEAN IN ENGLISH?

man orchid

Orchis anthropophora

Orchis anthropophora, the Man Orchid, is a European species of orchid whose flowers resemble a human figure. The head is formed by the petals and sepals, and the suspended torso and limbs by the lobes of the labellum. It usually grows in calcareous grassland.

Definition of man orchid in the English dictionary

The definition of man orchid in the dictionary is an orchid, Aceras anthropophorum, having greenish or reddish flowers in a loose spike, with a deeply lobed dark brown lip thought to resemble the silhouette of a man.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MAN ORCHID

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Man fern
man flu
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man in the moon
man in the street
man jack
man lock
man management
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man o´ war
man of God
man of straw
man of the world
man up
man-at-arms
man-bag

WORDS THAT END LIKE MAN ORCHID

bee orchid
bird´s-nest orchid
bog orchid
bruchid
burnt-tip orchid
common spotted orchid
cryptorchid
early purple orchid
fly orchid
fragrant orchid
heath spotted orchid
lady orchid
marsh orchid
monkey orchid
monorchid
orchid
poor man´s orchid
purple-fringed orchid
pyramidal orchid
spider orchid
spotted orchid

Synonyms and antonyms of man orchid in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «man orchid» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MAN ORCHID

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Translator English - Chinese

男子兰花
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

hombre de orquídeas
570 millions of speakers

English

man orchid
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आदमी आर्किड
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

الرجل السحلية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

человек орхидеи
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

homem orquídea
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মানুষ অর্কিড
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

homme orchidée
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Orang orkid
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Mann Orchidee
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

男性蘭
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

남자 난초
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Wong anggrek
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

người đàn ông phong lan
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மனிதன் ஆர்க்கிட்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

माणूस ऑर्किड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Adam orkide
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

uomo orchidea
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

człowiek orchidea
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

людина орхідеї
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

om orhidee
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

άνθρωπος ορχιδέα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

man orchid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

mannen orkidé
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

mannen orkide
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of man orchid

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MAN ORCHID»

The term «man orchid» is used very little and occupies the 165.917 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about man orchid

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MAN ORCHID»

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Reading Race: White American Poets and the Racial Discourse ...
an idea that was born along with the idea of improvising Man Orchid, for the enterprise might well have altered the course of Williams's subsequent work and of American letters generally. It is illuminating that the inception of Man Orchid, was ...
Aldon Lynn Nielsen, 1988
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Rigor of Beauty: Essays in Commemoration of William Carlos ...
3 The result of the collaboration is the unfinished novel Man Orchid, an improvisational literary experiment comprised of chapters alternatively written by Williams and Miller.4 In April of 1946, when the scheme had reached a creative impasse, ...
Ian D. Copestake, 2004
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My Garden: Its Plan and Culture Together with a General ...
The Man Orchid (Accras anthropophora, fig. 612) is another curious flower, but not so beautiful as the last two. It is called the Man Orchid because the flower has a resemblance to a little man dangling in the air. These grow on the southern ...
Alfred Smee, 1872
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Writers and Their Craft: Short Stories & Essays on the Narrative
Miller, editor of the 1930s proletarian magazine Blast and one of the coauthors of Man Orchid. Because of his novel and his knowledge of black music, Moon was incorrectly taken by them to be black, though Miller asked Williams in a letter two  ...
Nicholas Delbanco, Laurence Goldstein, 1991
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Conversant Essays: Contemporary Poets on Poetry
Miller, editor of the 1930s proletarian magazine Blast and one of the coauthors of Man Orchid. Because of his novel and his knowledge of black music, Moon was incorrectly taken by them to be black, though Miller asked Williams in a letter two  ...
James McCorkle, 1990
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Discrepant Engagement: Dissonance, Cross-Culturality and ...
I, send it to me, I do the 2d Chap., send mess back to you, you do 3 — and so on." Williams liked the idea and Man Orchid was launched. They spent the next year working on it, off and on, bringing in a third collaborator, Lydia Carlin, in March ...
Nathaniel Mackey, 1993
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Encyclopedia of Cultivated Plants: From Acacia to Zinnia [3 ...
They believed that the “man orchid,” known as Acerasanthropopharum, was an aphrodisiac because the lip of the flower resembled the shape of a man. The Aztecs grew the vanilla orchid, which they called Tlilxochid, for its fragrance and for ...
Christopher Cumo, 2013
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Field Flora of the British Isles
ACERAS R. Br. - Man Orchid Leaves severaL near stem-base, with few smaller ones above; upper 5 tepals incurved to form 'helmet'; labellum with 3 lobes, the lateral linear, the terminal larger and with 2 linear terminal sublobes; spur 0; plant  ...
Clive A. Stace, 1999
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Tropical Trees of Florida and the Virgin Islands: A Guide to ...
Bauhinia variegata L. poor man's orchid, orchid tree, bauhinia, mountain ebony, palo de orquideas, arbre a orchidees Bauhinia monandra Kurz poor man's orchid , butterfly bauhinia, mariposa, arbre aux orchidees Fabaceae (pea family) B.
T. Kent Kirk, 2009
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The Tattoo Encyclopedia
Even so, it is a magnificent flower, with many varieties-the man orchid, the sun orchid, and the spider orchid are a few of the descriptive names given to them. ORIENTAL CHARACTERS Oriental characters, because of their combination of ...
Terisa Green, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MAN ORCHID»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term man orchid is used in the context of the following news items.
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Science of the Times: Exploring the many faces of pareidolia
Among my favorites: The Monkey Face Orchid, the Ballerina Orchid and the Naked Man Orchid (NSFW), all of which look pretty much like what ... «The Delaware County Daily Times, Jul 15»
2
Orchid spotters help map climate change
... very few populations of man orchid (Orchis anthropophora) - recognisable by its petals shaped like tiny human figures - are “safe and secure. «BBC News, May 15»
3
Spot UK orchids and help research climate change impact
If you find an orchid that resembles a human figure, you may have found one of the rarer and more endangered species, the man orchid (Orchis ... «Natural History Museum, Apr 15»
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Man orchid wilts in the heat of climate change while the ladies thrive
But some of the team's findings have puzzled researchers – such as the sharp decline of the man orchid (Orchis anthropophora), frog orchid ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Feb 15»
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RAF Woodhall Spa to feature on BBC's Countryfile tonight
... wildflower meadow network project officer, Mark Schofield, dazzled her with some of the county's rarest wildflowers including a man orchid. «Lincolnshire Echo, Jun 14»
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Enjoy Warwickshire's top five meadow walks - before they disappear
“The man orchid, for example, can now only be found on two sites in Warwickshire. “There's also a rare fern, the moonwort, which the county ... «Coventry Telegraph, Jun 14»
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Have you seen orchids blooming this year?
Man Orchid (The Wildlife Trust). Some species flower just once a number of years after germinating, and so "flushes" this year indicate suitable ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Aug 13»
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Endangered orchids set for return to the South Downs
... with growing 500 of each of the five different types of orchid – the frog orchid, man orchid, heath spotted orchid, bee orchid and musk orchid. «The Argus, May 13»
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A tree which looks like an orchid
Bauhinia purpurea is commonly called the Orchid tree or Butterfly tree. Here in Guyana and the Caribbean it is also known as Poor man orchid. «Stabroek News, Apr 13»
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Gardening trends: The rise of 'kokedama'
... shaded location where Mother Nature lends a hand with watering. •Man orchid wilts in the heat of climate change while the ladies thrive ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Nov 12»

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