- A genus of plants having bulbous roots and gladiate
leaves, and including many species, some of which are cultivated and
valued for the beauty of their flowers; the corn flag; the sword lily. - The middle portion of the sternum in some animals; the
mesosternum.
- A genus of endogenous plants growing in the North Temperate
zone, and consisting of about eighty species. They are perennial herbs
growing from a tuber (beside which is usually found the last year's
tuber also), and are valued for their showy flowers. See Orchidaceous. - Any plant of the same family with the orchis; an orchid.