ophrys sphegodes

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   spring-blooming spider orchid having a flower with yellow or green or pink sepals and a broad brown velvety lip

   Synonymsearly spider orchid

   Broaderspider orchid

Questions about ophrys sphegodes

What does ophrys sphegodes mean?

ophrys sphegodes means "spring-blooming spider orchid having a flower with yellow or green or pink sepals and a broad brown velvety lip".

What is another word for ophrys sphegodes?

Close synonyms include early spider 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 ophrys sphegodes a common word?

ophrys sphegodes 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.