| 词汇 | orchid |
| 词源 | orchid. Orchids were once called ballocks stones, dogstones, and similar names—all because their tubers resemble human testicles. Indeed, the name orchid derives from orchis, the Greek for “testicle.” An orchotomy is, in fact, medical castration. |
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