NOUN | plant | Orchis spectabilis, showy orchis, purple orchis, purple-hooded orchis | North American orchid having a spike of violet-purple flowers mixed with white |
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Meaning | North American orchid having a spike of violet-purple flowers mixed with white; sepals and petals form a hood. | |
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Synonyms | showy orchis, purple orchis, purple-hooded orchis | |
Broader | orchis | Any of various deciduous terrestrial orchids having fleshy tubers and flowers in erect terminal racemes |
Spanish | Orchis spectabilis |
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