marsh orchis
now rare
noun
(Originally) a supposedly single orchid species of the genus Orchis found in marshes and damp meadows in Europe, later recognized as comprising two or more species and subspecies; (in later use) any of the segregates into which the ‘marsh orchis’ (as originally understood in Britain) was divided.
Origin
Early 19th century; earliest use found in John Vaughan Thompson (1779–1847), surgeon and naturalist.
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