| NOUN | plant | purple orchis, showy orchis, purple-hooded orchis, Orchis spectabilis | 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-hooded orchis, Orchis spectabilis | |
| Broader | orchis | Any of various deciduous terrestrial orchids having fleshy tubers and flowers in erect terminal racemes |
| Spanish | Orchis spectabilis | |
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