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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

  1. bee gum,
  2. bee in one's bonnet,
  3. bee killer,
  4. bee martin,
  5. bee moth,
  6. bee plant,
  7. bee tree,
  8. bee's knees,
  9. bee-eater,
  10. bee-sting
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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