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Definition of Orchis mascula
1. Noun. Eurasian orchid with showy pink or purple flowers in a loose spike.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Orchis Mascula
Literary usage of Orchis mascula
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Toilers of the Field by Richard Jefferies (1907)
"Orchis mascula. THE Orchis mascula grew in the brook corner, and in early spring
sent up a tall spike of purple flowers. This plant stood alone in an angle ..."
2. The Various Contrivances by which Orchids are Fertilized by Insects by Charles Darwin (1889)
"... Structure of the flower of Orchis mascula—Power of movement of th« pollinia—Perfect
adaptation of the parts in Orchis ..."
3. The History of the County of Dublin by John D'Alton (1838)
"... orchis bifolia, butterfly orchis, flowering in June ; orchis mascula, early
purple orchis ; carex curta, white sedge, flowering in June; carex recurva, ..."
4. Dublin Quarterly Journal of Science by Samuel Haughton (1866)
"It is an early Orchis mascula, and the first time I believe it to have been ever
seen with double flowers. Happily, the parts are so large, ..."
5. Vegetable Substances Used for the Food of Man by Edwin Lankester (1832)
"SALEP—Orchis mascula.—This plant is assiduously cultivated in the East, for the
sake of its root, which forms a considerable part of the diet of the ..."
6. Publications by English Dialect Society (1886)
"Orchis mascula, L.—Ger. Cuckoo-pint. (1) Arum maculatum, L. —Lyte; ... 24.
It is a contraction of Cuckoo-pintle. (2) Orchis mascula, L.—N. Bucks. ..."
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