jewel orchid

1. 1.

   any of several delicate Asiatic orchids grown especially for their velvety leaves with metallic white or gold veining

   Broaderorchid

   Part ofAnoectochilus

Questions about jewel orchid

What does jewel orchid mean?

jewel orchid means "any of several delicate Asiatic orchids grown especially for their velvety leaves with metallic white or gold veining".

Is jewel orchid a common word?

jewel orchid is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.