fen orchis

1. 1.

   small terrestrial orchid of eastern North America and Europe having two nearly basal leaves and dull yellow-green racemose flowers

   Synonymsfen orchidLiparis loeselii

   Broaderorchid

   Part ofgenus Liparis

Questions about fen orchis

What does fen orchis mean?

fen orchis means "small terrestrial orchid of eastern North America and Europe having two nearly basal leaves and dull yellow-green racemose flowers".

What is another word for fen orchis?

Close synonyms include fen orchid, Liparis loeselii. 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 fen orchis a common word?

fen orchis 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.