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showy orchis
noun
- a wild orchid, Orchis spectabilis, of eastern North America, having a spike of showy flowers, each with purple, pink, or white sepals and petals united into a galea and a white lip.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of showy orchis1
An Americanism dating back to 1855–60
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Example Sentences
The first to bloom in the spring is the showy orchis, though it is far less showy than several others.
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These are so modest, one would hardly suspect they belonged to the showy orchis family.
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You gather it when you go for the fragrant, showy orchis,—that is, if you are lucky enough to find it.
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