| 单词 | bee orchid |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbee orchid bee orchid n. any of various terrestrial, chiefly European orchids constituting the genus Ophrys, which have flowers resembling bees or other insects; spec. the widespread O. apifera, which has flowers with pale pink sepals and a large, brown, felt-like lip. Bee orchid flowers mimic female bees or wasps, both visually and by scent, thus stimulating pseudocopulation of them by the male insects and ensuring pollination. ΚΠ 1849 Eclectic Rev. Feb. 202 Familiar wonders of our own green pastures... Among these are the bee-orchids, the fly, and spider-orchids. 1907 Nature Notes Aug. 156 My host has a field in which large quantities of Bee Orchids have recently appeared. 1966 J. Sankey Chalkland Ecol. iii. 47 Some [plants] range as far as North Africa, e.g. yellow-wort Blackstonia perfoliata (L.), traveller's joy Clematis vitalba L..., bee orchid Ophrys apifera Huds...and candytuft Iberis amara L. 2008 P. Scott Physiol. & Behaviour Plants xv. 232/2 Possibly the most remarkable form of mimicry in the plant kingdom is found in the genus Ophrys, the bee orchids. < as lemmas |
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