fly orchid

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fly orchid

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a European orchid, Ophrys insectifera, whose flowers resemble and attract certain wasps: found in wood margins and scrub on lime-rich soils

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Noun	1.	fly orchid - any of several dwarf creeping orchids with small bizarre insect-like hairy flowers on slender stalks orchid, orchidaceous plant - any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors genus Trichoceros, Trichoceros - small genus of small epiphytic or terrestrial orchids of tropical South America
	2.	fly orchid - European orchid whose flowers resemble flies Ophrys insectifera, Ophrys muscifera orchid, orchidaceous plant - any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors

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genus Trichoceros Ophrys insectifera Ophrys muscifera orchid Trichoceros			uk CAPTION(S): Ponies on fen- land, left, and, below, the rare bladderwort, which traps insects via a vaccumoperated underwater trapdoor system Cattle graze next to fens, above, and left, a fly orchid The Anglesey and Llyn Fens LIFE project team, Justin Hanson, Peter Jones and Llion Jones Flushing out fen 'plugholes' Massive project to revive wetlands by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)			fly contact Fly drill Fly fisherman Fly fishing Fly flap fly floor fly front fly gallery Fly governor fly half fly high fly honeysuckle Fly hook fly in fly in the face of fly in the ointment fly in the teeth of Fly leaf Fly maggot fly net Fly nut fly off fly off the handle fly on fly open fly orchid Fly orchis fly out Fly paper fly past fly poison Fly powder fly press Fly rail Fly River fly rod fly sheet Fly snapper fly spray fly swat fly swatter fly tent fly the coop fly way Fly wheel Fly-bitten fly-blown fly-by fly-by-light fly-by-night fly-by-wire			Fly Is Open, Please Close It fly ladder Fly leaf Fly like a Bird Fly line Fly line Fly loft Fly loft Fly lure Fly maggot Fly Me to the Moon Fly mushroom Fly mushroom fly net Fly nut fly off fly off fly off the handle fly off the handle fly off the handle fly off the handle fly off the handle fly off the handle fly off the handle fly off with fly on Fly on the wall Fly on the Windscreen fly open Fly or Die fly orchid fly orchids Fly orchis Fly out Fly out Fly out fly out of Fly Outs Fly over Fly over Fly over fly page Fly paper fly past fly past fly poison fly poison fly poison fly poison fly poison Fly posting Fly powder Fly press fly rafter Fly rail Fly rail Fly River Fly River Fly River Fly River turtle fly rock

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