1. North American orchid having a spike of violet-purple flowers mixed with white; sepals and petals form a hood
   - showy orchis, purple-hooded orchis, Orchis spectabilis

Type of: orchis

Encyclopedia: Purple orchis

• obturator
• obturator vein
• obtuse
• obtuse angle
• obtuse leaf
• obtuse triangle
• obtuse-angled triangle
• obtusely
• obtuseness
• obverse
• obvert
• obviate
• obviating
• obviation
• obvious
• obviously
• obviousness
• oca
• ocarina
• Occam
• Occam's Razor
• occasion
• occasional
• occasionalism
• occasionally