| 单词 | common spotted orchid |
| 释义 | > as lemmascommon spotted orchid spotted orchid n. any of various orchids with spots or streaks on the leaves or petals; spec. any of a group of orchids of the chiefly Eurasian genus Dactylorhiza, typically having purple speckles on the leaves, as the widespread D. fuchsii (more fully common spotted orchid) and D. maculata (more fully heath spotted orchid). ΚΠ a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) II. 861 Not to be forgotten are the spotted orchids, sometimes very abundant. 1980 M. Shoard Theft of Countryside v. xvii. 189 The plants that are now no longer found in Bedfordshire..include grass of parnassus, sundew, marsh orchid, heath spotted orchid and snake's head fritillary. 2001 Guardian 12 May (Weekend Suppl.) 89/2 Dactylorhizas, the spotted orchids, grow in very wet places in the wild. 2008 R. Beard Becoming Drusilla (2009) xi. 237 Beside the path there are sea pinks in abundant clumps, common spotted orchids, sheep's sorrel..and broomrape. < as lemmas |
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