paddock's spindle
Scottish rare
noun
Either of two orchids, the early purple orchid, Orchis mascula, and the spotted orchid, Dactylorhiza maculata.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in James Britten (1846–1924), botanist and Roman Catholic propagandist. Sc. National Dict. s.v. Puddock n. records the word as still in use in Ayrshire in 1966.
- Amarillo
- Amarna, Tell el-
- Amarone
- amaryllis
- amass
- amasser
- amassment
- amatagati
- a match (or marriage) made in heaven
- Amaterasu
- amateur
- amateur dramatic
- amateur dramatics
- amateur hour
- amateurish
- amateurishly
- amateurishness
- amateurism
- amateur night
- amateur night in Dixie
- Amati
- amatikati
- amatol
- amatory
- amatriciana