spider orchid

Questions about spider orchid

What does spider orchid mean?

spider orchid means "any of several European orchids of the genus Ophrys". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for spider orchid?

Close synonyms include Brassia verrucosa, Brassia lawrenceana. 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 spider orchid a common word?

spider orchid is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.