单词 | bird's-nest orchid |
释义 | > as lemmasbird's-nest orchid bird's-nest orchid n. a yellowish-brown orchid with scale leaves and a tangled mass of roots, Neottia nidus-avis, which is a mycotroph typically found growing in beech woods; cf. sense 2b. ΚΠ 1861 Woolmer's Exeter & Plymouth Gaz. 5 July 5/3 Sir T. D. Acland's bird's-nest orchids were justly admired. 1906 G. A. B. Dewar Faery Year 222 It is the hanging wood of the bird's-nest orchid, of Solomon's seal, and herb Paris. 2011 C. Ziegler Deceptive Beauties i. 37 This variety, called the bird's-nest orchid, lives off the nutrients it receives from a symbiotic fungus. < as lemmas |
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