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bird's-nest orchid

bird's-nest orchid noun: a species of orchid, Neottia nidus-avis, native to Europe and Russia.

Noun

bird's-nest orchid (plural bird's-nest orchids)

  1. A species of orchid, Neottia nidus-avis, native to Europe and Russia.
    • James learned to chew the wood sorrel for its acid flavour, to watch for its flowers closing on approach of rain, and found where the rare bird's-nest orchid grew.1977, K.M. Elizabeth Murray, Caught in the Web of Words, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 13

Forms of bird's-nest orchid

pluralbird's-nest orchids

Questions about bird's-nest orchid

What does bird's-nest orchid mean?
Bird's-nest orchid means a species of orchid, Neottia nidus-avis, native to Europe and Russia.
What part of speech is bird's-nest orchid?
Bird's-nest orchid is a noun.
What is the plural of bird's-nest orchid?
The plural of bird's-nest orchid is bird's-nest orchids.

Words near bird's-nest orchid in the dictionary

  1. bird's-foot trefoil
  2. bird's-foot trefoils
  3. bird's-foots
  4. bird's-nest fern
  5. bird's-nest ferns
  6. bird's-nest orchid
  7. bird's-nest orchids
  8. bird's-nest soup
  9. bird's-tongue
  10. bird-alane
  11. bird-bolt

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