lady orchid

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noun

a tall graceful orchid, Orchis purpurea, with faintly scented purple-brown and green flowers with a pinkish or white lip

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Word Origin for lady orchid

C19: named from a fancied resemblance to a lady in regency dress and bonnet

Words nearby lady orchid

lady of pleasure, lady of the evening, lady of the house, Lady of the Lake, lady-of-the-night, lady orchid, lady palm, lady's bedstraw, lady's-earrings, lady's finger, ladyship

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How to use lady orchid in a sentence

I wonder what that lady is doing now, and if she knows what she set in motion with Archer?
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Lady Rose is also rather subdued in the premiere, which is a pity.
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“Officers had to go stop an elderly lady from being assaulted,” Sgt. Houston said.
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The lady in black was reading her morning devotions on the porch of a neighboring bathhouse.
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Grandmamma sits in her quaint arm-chair— Never was lady more sweet and fair!
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See the ease and grace of the lady in the sacque, who sits on the bank there, under the myrtles, with the guitar on her lap!
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At another time her affections were deeply engaged by a young gentleman who visited a lady on a neighboring plantation.
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