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Definition of Fragrant orchid
1. Noun. European orchid having dense spikes of fragrant pink or lilac or red flowers with conspicuous spurs.
Generic synonyms: Orchid, Orchidaceous Plant
Group relationships: Genus Gymnadenia, Gymnadenia
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fragrant Orchid
Literary usage of Fragrant orchid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Our Native Orchids: A Series of Drawings from Nature of All the Species by William Hamilton Gibson, Helena Dewey Leeming Jelliffe (1905)
"... the beautiful orchid, the ugly orchid; the fragrant orchid, the graceful,
homely, grotesque, uncanny, mimetic, ..."
2. Gardening (1905)
"The blossoms are thick in texture and very fragrant, the perfume reminding one
of a stanhopea or some other very fragrant orchid blossom. ..."
3. Wild Flowers Worth Knowing by Neltje Blanchan, Asa Don Dickinson (1917)
"The similar Small Yellow Lady's Slipper (C. parvi- florum), a delicately fragrant
orchid about half the size of its big sister, has a brighter yellow pouch, ..."
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