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Definition of Ragged orchid
1. Noun. Fringed orchid of the eastern United States having a greenish flower with the lip deeply lacerated.
Generic synonyms: Fringed Orchid, Fringed Orchis
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ragged Orchid
Literary usage of Ragged orchid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Blossom Hosts and Insect Guests: How the Heath Family, the Bluets, the by William Hamilton Gibson, Eleanor E. Davie (1901)
"136 Figure showing the structure of the ragged orchid. ... 138 Figures illustrating
method of fertilization of the ragged orchid. ..."
2. My Studio Neighbors by William Hamilton Gibson (1897)
"... Orchid 7pp The ragged orchid (Front Section) 200 The ragged orchid (Profile
Section) 202 The ragged orchid (H. Lacera) and the Butterfly's Tongue. ..."
3. Nantucket Wild Flowers by Alice Owen Albertson (1921)
"R. Br. Greenish-white Ragged Fringed Orchid, ragged orchid, June-August Green
Fringed Orchid. Habenaria: for derivation see ..."
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