HyperDic: purple-hooded_orchis

English > 1 sense of the expression purple-hooded orchis:
NOUNplantpurple-hooded orchis, showy orchis, purple orchis, Orchis spectabilisNorth American orchid having a spike of violet-purple flowers mixed with white
English > purple-hooded orchis: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningNorth American orchid having a spike of violet-purple flowers mixed with white; sepals and petals form a hood.
Synonymsshowy orchis, purple orchis, Orchis spectabilis
BroaderorchisAny of various deciduous terrestrial orchids having fleshy tubers and flowers in erect terminal racemes
SpanishOrchis spectabilis

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