purple-fringed orchid

purple-fringed orchid
/perr"peuhl frinjd'/
either of two orchids, Habenaria fimbriata or H. psycodes, of eastern North America, having a cluster of fragrant purple flowers with a fringed lip. Also called purple-fringed orchis.

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  • small purple fringed orchis — noun : a rather small orchid (Habenaria psychodes) of moist parts of northeastern No. America with pink to rosy purple or occasionally white flowers distinguished by a broad lip deeply cleft into three lacerate segments …   Useful english dictionary

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