spotted orchis

spotted orchis
noun also spotted orchid
1. : a Eurasian orchid (Orchis maculata) with purplish or whitish flowers spotted with purplish brown and palmate tubers
2. : a leafless orchid (Dipodium punctatum) of Tasmania with rose-colored flowers

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