| 单词 | ant orchid |
| 释义 | > as lemmasant orchid ant orchid n. any of several terrestrial orchids of the genus Chiloglottis (and formerly Caladenia), which are native to Australasia and have flowers that resemble small insects. ΚΠ 1907 Jrnl. W. Austral. Nat. Hist. Soc. Nov. 7 I am told this plant [sc. Caladenia Barbarossae] is known in some places as 'The Ant Orchid'. I fail to trace any resemblance to an ant. The grotesque shape of the labellum suggests to me some member of the mantis order. 1961 Austral. Plants (Soc. Growing Austral. Plants) I. viii. 5 C. formicifera..(callus resembles an ant). The Ant Orchid. 1999 S. D. Hopper & P. Nikulinsky Life on Rocks 104 The ant orchid is one of the species adapted for pollination by deceit of male flower wasps. < as lemmas |
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