orchis

Noun

Synonyms: testis testicle ball ballock bollock nut egg

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

any of various deciduous terrestrial orchids having fleshy tubers and flowers in erect terminal racemes
one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens“she kicked him in the balls and got away”Synonyms: testis testicle ball ballock bollock nut egg

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Orchis \Or"chis\, prop. n.; pl. Orchises. [L., fr. Gr. ? a testicle, the orchis; -- so called from its tubers.] [1913 Webster]

1.(Bot.) 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. [1913 Webster]

2.(Bot.) Any plant of the same family with the orchis; an orchid. [1913 Webster]

Note: The common names, such as bee orchis, fly orchis, butterfly orchis, etc., allude to the peculiar form of the flower. [1913 Webster]