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Definition of Ophrys insectifera
1. Noun. European orchid whose flowers resemble flies.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ophrys Insectifera
Literary usage of Ophrys insectifera
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. British Phaenogamous Botany, Or, Figures and Descriptions of the Genera of ...by W. (William) Baxter by W. (William) Baxter (1834)
"10 & 11.—Loud. Mag. of Nat. Hist. ч. ip 398. f. 178.—Walk. Fl.of Oxf. p. 256.—Mack.
Catal. of PI. of Ireland, p. 76.—ophrys insectifera. i. Linn. Sp. PI. ..."
2. The American Journal of Horticulture and Florist's Companion (1869)
"Hooper & Co. of Covent Garden, who offer plants and seeds of this Eucalyptus,
for the opportunity of figuring it. " ophrys insectifera, var. ..."
3. The Various Contrivances by which Orchids are Fertilized by Insects by Charles Darwin (1889)
"... accordance with the belief of Linnaeus, who grouped them all together under
the name of ophrys insectifera. Mr. Moggridge further shows that in Italy 0. ..."
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