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white fringed orchid

white fringed orchid

9.3
A plant with pure white, fringed flowers that grows in wet meadows and bogs
  • noun
  • US
translation icon : orquídea de fringes blancas
  • The white fringed orchid blooms in wet meadows and bogs each summer.

Examples

  • We spotted a rare white fringed orchid while hiking through the marshland.

  • Conservationists are working to protect the habitat of the white fringed orchid.

  • The white fringed orchid blooms in late spring.

  • Have you seen a white fringed orchid before?

  • The white fringed orchid blooms in wet meadows and bogs each summer.

  • We spotted a rare white fringed orchid while hiking through the marshland.

  • Conservationists are working to protect the habitat of the white fringed orchid.

Synonyms

Habenaria albiflora
vswhite fringed orchid
  • Specialized
9.9

A bog orchid from eastern North America with a spike of pure white fringed flowers

is the common everyday name rather than the scientific species name
white fringed orchis
vswhite fringed orchid
  • US
9.9

A wild bog plant with a spike of white fringed flowers

is the standard common name form rather than the alternative wording

Surface Forms

white fringed orchid singular
white fringed orchids plural

Morphology

white + fringed + orchid

The phrase is a straightforward descriptive noun phrase: an orchid that is white and has a fringed (threaded or lacy) edge. A B1 learner who knows 'white', 'fringed', and 'orchid' can directly compose these meanings to understand the referent; this compositional, cross-linguistically common pattern makes it immediately comprehensible.

Etymology

White fringed orchid comes from how the flower looks: the orchid has pure white petals with edges that are finely fringed, like tiny threads. So the name means 'a white orchid with fringed petals' and helps people spot this plant.