orchid

Everyday

1. An orchid is a beautiful flower with petals of unusual shapes; there are many thousands of kinds. tree →
2. Orchid is also a pale purple color. tree →

In the lessons

flowers counted in a vase, often with roses; added or cut; in science, a plant family that often grows in warm, wet forests; vanilla comes from an orchid

Examples

• There were 15 roses and 62 orchids in the vase. tree →
• Jessica cut some more orchids. tree →
• Now there are 96 orchids. tree →
• How many orchids did she cut? tree →
• Grandma grows orchids on her windowsill. tree →
• Some orchids grow on trees in the rainforest. tree →
• Vanilla comes from the pod of an orchid. tree →
• The orchid has white and purple petals. tree →
• Orchids need light but not too much sun. tree →
• She gave her teacher an orchid in a pot. tree →

Note

A thing counted, a kind of flower. Trap: roses and orchids in one vase are counted apart; «now there are N» gives the end amount, so cut = now − before. The «ch» is said like «k»: OR-kid.