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Definition of Spider orchid
1. Noun. Any of several European orchids of the genus Ophrys.
Group relationships: Genus Ophrys, Ophrys
Specialized synonyms: Early Spider Orchid, Ophrys Sphegodes
2. Noun. Central American orchid having spiderlike flowers with prominent green warts.
Generic synonyms: Orchid, Orchidaceous Plant
Group relationships: Brassia, Genus Brassia
3. Noun. South American orchid with spiderlike pale-yellow to pale-green flowers.
Generic synonyms: Orchid, Orchidaceous Plant
Group relationships: Brassia, Genus Brassia
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spider Orchid
Literary usage of Spider orchid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Travels in Western Australia: Being a Description of the Various Cities and by May Vivienne (1902)
"... (or spider orchid), with its peculiar spots, was particularly attractive :
the douris (or dogear orchid), and the prasophyllum, with its spikes, ..."
2. Travels in Western Australia: Being a Description of the Various Cities and by May Vivienne (1902)
"... (or spider orchid), with its peculiar spots, was particularly attractive :
the douris (or dogear orchid), and the prasophyllum, with its spikes, ..."
3. Travels in Western Australia: Being a Description of the Various Cities and by May Vivienne (1901)
"... (or spider orchid), with its peculiar spots, was particularly attractive: the
douris(or dogear orchid), and the prasophyllum, with its spikes, ..."
4. Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country (1849)
"appearance of the American spider- orchid. Truly it is a remarkable flower; a
great brown spider mimicked to the life squatting at the entrance of its ..."
5. The Christian Parlor Magazine by Darius Mead (1850)
"... the visitor beheld a mouth without a tongue, gums without teeth, and an attempt
at a throat behind- The spider-orchid is a remarkable flower; ..."
6. A Gardener's Year by Henry Rider Haggard (1905)
"The spider orchid, Brassia Verrucosa Grandiflora, of which I have two fine
specimens, has done grandly this year, but is now going over. ..."
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