| 单词 | lady orchid |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslady orchid lady orchid n. [on the reason for the name, compare quot. 1925] a robust European and North African orchid, Orchis purpurea, with spikes of large flowers typically having a dark red hood and a whitish three-lobed lip spotted with reddish-purple. ΚΠ 1925 C. B. Tahourdin Native Orchids of Brit. 7 The Great Dark Winged Orchid... It is sometimes locally known as the ‘Lady’ Orchid from the supposed resemblance of the lip to a lady wearing very old-fashioned full skirts. 1951 V. S. Summerhayes Wild Orchids Brit. xiii. 252 The lady orchid belongs to the Southern Eurasian Element of the British orchid flora. 1993 BBC Wildlife June 6/2 Even more large and showy is the lady orchid O. purpurea, which has flowers with a broad, frilly ‘skirt’, spotted purple on white, as the lower lip of the flower, with the upper petals formed like a Victorian bonnet. < as lemmas |
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