Any of various European orchids having tuberous roots or rhizomes; esp. the early purple orchid, Orchis mascula. Also: a tuber or rhizome of any of…

a kind of orchid; cf. sense A. 2.

Applied to various plants of other genera. = satyrion, n. Obsolete.

In singular and plural. Usually with distinguishing word: any of various plants, esp. several kinds of orchid having tubers which resemble…

The plant twayblade, Listera ovata. Obsolete. rare.

A plant of the family Orchidaceae; an orchid. Now usually: spec. a plant of the genus Orchis, the type genus of this family, which is now limited…

Any of various British orchids; (also) the rounded tubers of these plants, formerly used medicinally (rare). Cf. dog's cods n. at dog, n.1…

popular name for species of Orchis.

In old names of various species of orchis, as dogstones, n., fool's stones n. at fool, n.1 adj.compounds 4c, fox-stones n. at fox, n. compounds…

any of several kinds of orchid having tubers which resemble testicles.

any of various European orchids; = dogstones, n.

= dog's cods n.

The plant twayblade (Listera ovata), an orchid with two large opposite ovate leaves.

a name for Ophrys muscifera.

any of various European orchids originally regarded as members of a distinct genus Satyrium; = goat's stones n.

any of various European orchids originally regarded as members of a distinct genus Satyrium; = goat's stones n.

(a) any of several orchids, esp. early purple orchid, Orchis mascula; (b) wild arum, Arum maculatum; = priest's hood n.; cf. cuckoo-pintle, n.

An orchidaceous plant of the genus Listera, characterized by two nearly opposite broad leaves springing from the stem; esp. the Common Twayblade, L.…

a plant (Ophrys apifera) noted for the resemblance of part of its flower to a bee.

Obsolete name of the Twayblade (Listera ovata).

As the name of a plant with a part thought to resemble a bird's nest. A yellowish-brown orchid with scale leaves and a tangled mass of roots, Neottia…

an orchid having purple flowers thought to resemble birds.

a butterfly orchid; esp. Platanthera bifolia or P. chlorantha.

a kind of Orchis.

an orchid having tubers with long, finger-like lobes rather than rounded bulbs.

(perhaps) = gnat-flower n.

the Bee Orchis.

Originally: the Eurasian orchid Cypripedium calceolus, the large flower of which has a yellow lip that is deeply pouched and slipper-shaped, with…

= twayblade, n.

plural. A popular name of plants of the genus Orchis (or allied genera), from the form of the tubers or ‘roots’.

A flower resembling a bee; the Bee Orchis.

(see quot. 1878).

A purple-flowered, chalk-loving British orchid of the genus Orchis, probably the aggregate of the military orchid (O. militaris) and monkey orchid…

(more fully green musk orchis) = musk orchid n.

North American. In full moccasin flower. Originally: any of various North American orchids. Now: spec. any of several lady's slipper orchids, esp.…

a name for Ophrys apifera.

With defining words, applied to various plants whose leaves, flowers, etc. are used in the same way as tea, either for beverages, or medicinally…

Originally: a Linnaean genus of spurless orchids that comprised a variety of species that are now mostly placed in other genera, as the twayblades (Li…

= man orchid, n. Cf. green man, n. 3.

A genus of orchids of the temperate northern hemisphere, now restricted to the single species A. bulbosa (dragon's mouth orchid), which is a rare bog…

English regional. The bee orchid, Ophrys apifera. Now historical and rare.

A member of the large genus of orchids so named. Cf. lady's slipper, n. 1.

any of several North American plants, esp. †(a) a hawkweed (genus Hieracium), formerly used to treat rattlesnake bites (cf. rattlesnake weed n. (b))…

the lady's slipper, Cypripedium Calceolus.

North American. Any of several similar North American orchids, esp. the putty-root, Aplectrum hyemale, with a tuber formerly (and sometimes still)…

the plant Orchis hircina (see quot. 1578 at sense 1a).

Any of various chiefly epiphytic orchids of the genus so named, native to the western hemisphere (esp. tropical America).

A genus of orchids, widely distributed in the northern hemisphere, which bear purple or yellowish green flowers with a fringed lip; (also pogonia)…

A genus of epiphytal orchids, native to tropical Asia, characterized by large showy flowers borne in racemes; a plant of this genus.

A tropical orchid of the genus so named, with a hollow recess in the lip of the flower.

A large genus of tropical American epiphytic orchids which are characterized by a callus on the lip and include many cultivated for their showy…

a North American orchid, Aplectrum hyemale, the tubers of which were formerly used to produce a vegetable glue; also called Adam-and-Eve.

U.S. Any of several lady's slipper orchids (genus Cypripedium), esp. the pink-lipped C. acaule (also called moccasin flower), and the yellow-lipped C.…

(more fully yellow moccasin flower) any of various North American lady's slipper orchids having a predominantly yellow flower, esp. Cypripedium parvif…

A plant or flower of the genus of tropical American orchids so named.

An epiphytal plant belonging to the orchidaceous genus Cattleya, native to Central America and Brazil, bearing handsome violet, rose-coloured…

= man orchid, n. Cf. green man orchis, n. Now rare.

= nerve root, n. 2.

An epiphytic orchid of the genus of that name, native to tropical America and bearing large, often fragrant, flowers.

= dove-plant n. (Treasury Bot.).

A plant of the genus Catasetum, a genus of epiphytic orchids native to tropical America, in which the rostellum of the male flower is developed into…

A genus of chiefly epiphytic tropical American orchids, cultivated for their large and colourful flowers whose petals often have jagged edges; also…

A tropical South American genus of epiphytic orchids bearing large brilliantly coloured flowers; (also miltonia) an orchid of this genus.

any of several epiphytic tropical orchids of the genus Grammatophyllum, so named from markings on the leaves likened to letters.

A spread-eagle orchid (see sense B. 1a). Obsolete.

any of several orchids with letter-like markings on their leaves; esp. = letter plant n.

(a) an orchid of the South American genus Cycnoches, having flowers with a long curved column like a swan's neck; (b) a W. Indian species of…

Any of the plants constituting the large, widely distributed but chiefly tropical, monocotyledonous family Orchidaceae, members of which…

A tropical African terrestrial orchid of the genus so named, with dark green leaves.

Any of numerous small epiphytic orchids of the genus Masdevallia, native to cool mountainous regions of South America and cultivated elsewhere as…

A large genus of epiphytic orchids native to tropical Asia (esp. Malaysia), the East Indies, and Northern Australia, and including many grown for…

An orchid, Jumellea (Angræcum) fragrans, from Réunion and Mauritius, whose leaves are used, especially in France, as a substitute for tea (cf. Bourbo…

any of various dwarf Asian orchids of the genus Pleione, having large brightly-coloured flowers which appear before the leaves (as in the crocus) or…

= sense 2.

Any of various orchids constituting the genus Pleione, native chiefly to northern India, Nepal, China, and Burma (Myanmar), having fleshy…

= dove-plant n.

Any of various North American lady's slipper orchids having roots used to make medicinal preparations for the nerves; esp. Cypripedium calceolus and…

the Holy Ghost orchid, Peristeria elata; (also) the flower of such a plant.

an orchid of the genus Stanhopea, often grown in baskets through which the flowers protrude.

(see quot.).

Any of certain other plants with a long slender inflorescence. An orchid of the genus Dendrobium. rare.

A genus of orchids; a plant belonging to this genus.

= swan-plant n. (a) at swan, n. compounds 2.

A book-name for the genus Cycnoches: = swan-flower n., swan-plant n. (a) at swan, n. compounds 2, swan-neck, n. 3.

U.S. Any of several lady's slipper orchids (genus Cypripedium), which have a lip that resembles a shoe. Cf. moccasin flower at moccasin, n. 2.

= Odontoglossum, n.

(John Ruskin's name for) an orchid.

any orchid of the genus Phalaenopsis, the members of which have flat, spreading, brightly coloured petals suggestive of a moth, and are native esp…

(a) any of various epiphytic orchids of the genus Pholidota which are native to tropical Asia and Australasia and have hanging racemes of small…

Anglicized form of Dendrobium, name of a genus of epiphytal orchids, of which many species are cultivated for the beauty of their flowers.

an orchid of Central America, Peristeria elata.

a Madeiran orchid, Dactylorhiza foliosa, sometimes cultivated.

The man orchid, Orchis anthropophora. Also (British regional): the twayblade, Listera ovata. Cf. green man orchis, n.

= swan-plant n.

orchis, an orchid of the genus Cypripedium.

A Mexican epiphytic orchid, Laelia speciosa. rare.

an orchid belonging to the genus Arachnis, esp. A. flos-aeris, native to Malaysia; = scorpion plant n. (a).

Any of several South African orchids with bonnet-shaped flowers, esp. Pterygodium catholicum, Disperis capensis, and Bonatea speciosa.

= dove-plant n.

A Eurasian orchid of calcareous grassland, Orchis simia (now very rare in Britain), in which the lip of the flower is lobed so as to resemble the…

A European orchid of calcareous grassland, Orchis anthropophora (formerly Aceras anthropophorum), the greenish-yellow labellum of which resembles a…