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bee orchid

noun

a European orchid, Ophrys apifera, whose flower resembles a bumble bee in shape and colour
any of several other orchids with beelike flowers

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Nearby words

bee gum, bee in one's bonnet, bee killer, bee martin, bee moth, bee orchid, bee plant, bee tree, bee's knees, bee-eater, bee-stung
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Examples from the Web for bee orchid

  • He leaned forward and took her hand which was idly playing with a bee-orchid she had plucked.

    Ragna|Anna Miller Costantini