burnt-tip orchid

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noun

a small orchid, Orchis ustulata, resembling the lady orchid, having dark reddish-brown hoods that give a burnt look to the tip of the flower spike

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Words nearby burnt-tip orchid

burn the midnight oil, burn to a cinder, burnt offering, burnt shale, burnt sienna, burnt-tip orchid, burnt umber, burnup, burn your bridges behind you, bur oak, buroo

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How to use burnt-tip orchid in a sentence

Earlier this year, security at major airports was tightened because of a tip that al-Asiri had been working on a cell phone bomb.
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For Paul, the thrill of breakfast with the Reverend, may be giving way to the taste of burnt toast.
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In total, officers said 600 emails or tip-offs had been received by more than 40 officers working on Operation Fairbank.
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Tip: The narrower upper deck in coach is the better choice because its eight-seat rows cannot be extended.
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I learned some things I can't unlearn: human kneecaps look like rocks; bones when burnt, shrink and twist.
Knowing Where the Bodies Are Buried: An Excerpt From 'Lives in Ruins'|Marilyn Johnson|November 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He noticed at the same time several burnt matches between his cushions and her chair.
The Wave|Algernon Blackwood
The Dutch fleet attacked Burnt island, in Scotland, but were repulsed.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
That night one of them endeavored to storm the magazine, burnt and plundered the station, and marched off towards Delhi.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
The best pipet is a small glass tube which has been drawn out at one end to a tip with rather small opening.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
They burnt the chosen city of holiness, and made the streets thereof desolate according to the prediction of Jeremias.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various