spider orchid
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of several European orchids of the genus Ophrys, esp O. sphegodes, having a flower with yellow, green, or pink sepals and a broad brown velvety lip
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| Noun | 1. |  spider orchid - any of several European orchids of the genus Ophrysorchid, orchidaceous plant - any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors genus Ophrys, Ophrys - a hardy genus of terrestrial orchids of Europe and northern Africa and western Asia early spider orchid, Ophrys sphegodes - spring-blooming spider orchid having a flower with yellow or green or pink sepals and a broad brown velvety lip |
| 2. |  spider orchid - Central American orchid having spiderlike flowers with prominent green wartsorchid, orchidaceous plant - any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors Brassia, genus Brassia - genus of tropical American epiphytic orchids having striking axillary racemes of yellow to green spiderlike flowers with long slender sepals and warty lips: spider orchids | |
| 3. | spider orchid - South American orchid with spiderlike pale-yellow to pale-green flowers orchid, orchidaceous plant - any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors Brassia, genus Brassia - genus of tropical American epiphytic orchids having striking axillary racemes of yellow to green spiderlike flowers with long slender sepals and warty lips: spider orchids |
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