prairie white-fringed orchid

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   of central North America; a threatened species

   SynonymsPlatanthera leucophea

   Broaderorchid

Questions about prairie white-fringed orchid

What does prairie white-fringed orchid mean?

prairie white-fringed orchid means "of central North America; a threatened species".

What is another word for prairie white-fringed orchid?

Close synonyms include Platanthera leucophea. 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 prairie white-fringed orchid a common word?

prairie white-fringed 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.