fringed orchis

Questions about fringed orchis

What does fringed orchis mean?

fringed orchis means "any of several summer-flowering American orchids distinguished by a fringed or lacerated lip".

What is another word for fringed orchis?

Close synonyms include fringed orchid. 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 fringed orchis a common word?

fringed 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.