bee orchid

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   European orchid whose flowers resemble bumble bees in shape and color

   SynonymsOphrys apifera

   Broaderorchid

Questions about bee orchid

What does bee orchid mean?

bee orchid means "European orchid whose flowers resemble bumble bees in shape and color".

What is another word for bee orchid?

Close synonyms include Ophrys apifera. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bee orchid a common word?

bee orchid is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.