Cooktown orchid
/ (ˈkʊktaʊn) /
noun
a purple Australian orchid, Dendrobium bigibbum, found in Queensland, of which it is the floral emblem
QUIZZES
HEED THE VOX POPULI, AND TAKE THIS WORD OF THE DAY QUIZ!
Test your memory on these verbal firecrackers from the week of June 29 to July 5!
Question 1 of 7
anchorite
Word Origin for Cooktown orchid
named after Cooktown, a coastal town in NE Queensland
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012