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ˈbee-flower
1. A flower resembling a bee; the Bee Orchis.
1626Bacon Sylva §609 The Figure maketh the Fable; For so we see, there be Bee-Flowers, etc. 1749Mrs. Delany Autobiog. (1861) II. 531 Could Mrs. Viney send the Duchess a root or two of the bee-flower?
2. A flower visited or fertilized by bees.
1615Lawson Orch. & Gard. iii. vi. (1668) 12 Wall flowers, commonly called Bee-flowers, or Winter Gilly-Flowers. 1879Lubbock Sci. Lect. ii. 32 Bee-flowers (if I may coin such an expression) have generally bright clear colors. |