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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A genus of monocotyledonous plants, of the natural order Orchideæ, tribe Ophrydeæ, having the sepals subequal, the petals and lip long and erect, and the flowers arranged in a thin spike or dense, and all directed to one side.

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