| NOUN | plant | Orchis papilionaceae, butterfly orchid, butterfly orchis | Mediterranean orchid having usually purple flowers with a fan-shaped spotted or striped rose-red lip |
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| Meaning | Mediterranean orchid having usually purple flowers with a fan-shaped spotted or striped rose-red lip. | |
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| Synonyms | butterfly orchid, butterfly orchis | |
| Broader | orchis | Any of various deciduous terrestrial orchids having fleshy tubers and flowers in erect terminal racemes |
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