Hooker's orchid

Hooker's orchid
noun
a long-spurred orchid with base leaves and petals converging under the upper sepal
Syn: ↑Habenaria hookeri
Hypernyms: ↑fringed orchis, ↑fringed orchid

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noun
Usage: usually capitalized H
Etymology: after Sir William J. Hooker died 1865 English botanist
: a long-spurred orchid (Habenaria hookeri) having basal leaves and petals connivent under the upper sepal

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