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Definition of Fringed orchis
1. Noun. Any of several summer-flowering American orchids distinguished by a fringed or lacerated lip.
Generic synonyms: Orchid, Orchidaceous Plant
Group relationships: Genus Habenaria, Habenaria
Specialized synonyms: Habenaria Albiflora, White Fringed Orchid, White Fringed Orchis, Habenaria Fimbriata, Purple-fringed Orchid, Purple-fringed Orchis, Habenaria Hookeri, Hooker's Orchid, Green Fringed Orchis, Habenaria Lacera, Ragged Orchid, Ragged Orchis, Ragged-fringed Orchid, Habenaria Leucophaea, Prairie Orchid, Prairie White-fringed Orchis, Habenaria Nivea, Snowy Orchid, Habenaria Peramoena, Purple Fringeless Orchid, Purple Fringeless Orchis, Habenaria Psycodes, Purple-fringed Orchid, Purple-fringed Orchis
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fringed Orchis
Literary usage of Fringed orchis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Through the Year with Thoreau by Henry David Thoreau, Herbert Wendell Gleason (1917)
"GREAT fringed orchis JUNE 8, 1854. Find the great fringed orchis out apparently
two or three days. Two are almost fully out, two or three only budded. ..."
2. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge edited by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1864)
"There are several other species with leafy stems, such as the yellow fringed
orchis (P. ciliaris, land.), having a short spike of showy flowers of a bright ..."
3. Lawns and Gardens: How to Plant and Beautify the Home Lot, the Pleasure by Nils Jönsson-Rose (1897)
"fringed orchis (HABEN- ARIA FIMBRIATA). Moccasin Flower, Cypripedium.— The showiest
of all wild orchids, with large plaited leaves and mostly solitary ..."
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