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lady orchid

noun

  1. a tall graceful orchid, Orchis purpurea, with faintly scented purple-brown and green flowers with a pinkish or white lip
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of lady orchid1

C19: named from a fancied resemblance to a lady in regency dress and bonnet
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Example Sentences

The colors move through a spectrum from yellow — Oncidium ‘Goldiana,’ or the “dancing lady” orchid — to pink to darker, hotter shades.

The colors move through a spectrum from yellow — Oncidium “Goldiana,” or the “dancing lady” orchid — to pink to darker, hotter shades.

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