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Definition of Male orchis
1. Noun. Eurasian orchid with showy pink or purple flowers in a loose spike.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Male Orchis
Literary usage of Male orchis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Farmer's Encyclopædia, and Dictionary of Rural Affairs: Embracing All by Cuthbert William Johnson (1844)
"The nutritious substance called talep is prepared from the amylaceous tubers of
the male orchis, merely drying them in ovens. They become semi-pellucid, ..."
2. Magazine of Natural History by Edward Charlesworth (1830)
"The field hyacinth, wild cherry, and male orchis in flower on the 3d; germander
speedwell, 6th; barrenwort, llth; ..."
3. Plant Names, Scientific and Popular, Including in the Case of Each Plant the by Albert Brown Lyons (1900)
"See Habenaria and Conopsea. d. 0. mascula L. Europe. male orchis, Adam-and-Eve,
Bloody- butcher, Dead-men's-fingers (Shakespere), Crake-feet, Cuckoo Orchis, ..."
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