prairie orchid

prairie orchid
noun
orchid of boggy or wet lands of north central United States having racemes of very fragrant creamy or greenish white flowers
Hypernyms: ↑fringed orchis, ↑fringed orchid

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noun
: a fringed orchis (Habenaria leucophaea) of boggy or wet lands chiefly of the north-central United States that bears lax racemes of very fragrant creamy or greenish white flowers

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