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Definition of Prairie white-fringed orchis
1. Noun. Orchid of boggy or wet lands of north central United States having racemes of very fragrant creamy or greenish white flowers.
Generic synonyms: Fringed Orchid, Fringed Orchis
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prairie White-fringed Orchis
Literary usage of Prairie white-fringed orchis
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)
"PRAIRIE WHITE FRINGED ORCHIS ... narrow-spined lip, while the lip of the Prairie
White Fringed Orchis spreads like a three-parted, deeply fringed fan. ..."
2. Report: New York by Otis Stuart (1904)
"... Manistee, FP Daniels; north to Keweenaw Co., 0. A. Farwell. Infrequent. Th.
*727. B. leucophaea (Nutt.) 0. A. Farwell. prairie white-fringed orchis. ..."
3. Bulletin by North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station (Fargo) (1899)
"prairie white-fringed orchis. A wry handsome, rather rare plant. AC Herb.: Power
1203. CYPRIPEDIUM CANDIDUM Muhl. Cypripedium candidum Willd. ..."
4. Nature's Garden: An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect by Neltje Blanchan (1907)
"... orchis (H. ciliaris) and the great green orchids compel insects to work for them.
A larger-flowered species, the prairie white-fringed orchis (H. ..."
5. Nature's Garden: An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect by Neltje Blanchan (1900)
"... orchis (H. ciliaris) and the great green orchids compel insects to work for them.
A larger-flowered species, the prairie white-fringed orchis (H. It ..."
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