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Definition of Marsh orchid
1. Noun. Any of several orchids of the genus Dactylorhiza having fingerlike tuberous roots; Europe and Mediterranean region.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Marsh Orchid
Literary usage of Marsh orchid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. News of Spring and Other Nature Studies by Maurice Maeterlinck (1907)
"... because it is a little larger and therefore more easily observed, the Orchis
latifolia, the marsh orchid, commonly known as the Meadow-rocket. ..."
2. Riga & Its Beachesby Farrol Kahn by Farrol Kahn (2004)
"Orchids flourish too in the fens, the early marsh orchid, and the heath spotted
orchid among others. ..."
3. My Garden, Its Plan and Culture Together with a General Description of Its by Alfred Smee (1872)
"common marsh orchid (0. incarnata, fig. 615). I should grow many other species,
and have them by hundreds, but that I am neither able to procure them, ..."
4. The Intelligence of the Flowers by Maurice Maeterlinck (1907)
"... the marsh orchid, commonly known as the Meadow-rocket. It is a perennial plant
and grows to a height of an inch or more. It is fairly common in the ..."
5. Cook's Handbook for Palestine and Syria by Thomas Cook Ltd (1907)
"... tamarisk and willow, marsh orchid and gladiolus; interspersed with the cultivated
portions of the land are wildernesses full of tall thistles, ..."
6. The Measure of the Hours by Maurice Maeterlinck (1907)
"... because it is a little larger and therefore more easily observed, the Orchis
latifolia, the marsh orchid, commonly known as the Meadow-rocket. ..."
7. The Measure of the Hours by Maurice Maeterlinck (1907)
"... because it is a little larger and therefore more easily observed, the Orchis
latifolia, the marsh orchid, commonly known as the Meadow-rocket. ..."
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