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ETHIMOLOGY

According to the rules of botanical nomenclature, the name of the family must be written in Latin: Orchidaceae (from the greek orchis).
The term Orchis, that means testicles, was used for the first time to describe a plant by Theophrastus (ca. 372 - 287 BC), a greek philosopher, disciple of Aristotle. Theophrastus compared the tuberous roots of some mediterranean orchids to human testicles. For this reason, from the Middle Age to our times, aphrodisiac properties are attributed to orchids.