marsh orchid

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noun

any of various orchids of the genus Dactylorhiza, growing in damp places and having mostly purplish flowers

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Words nearby marsh orchid

marsh hen, marshland, marshmallow, marshmallow test, marsh marigold, marsh orchid, marsh pink, Marsh's test, marsh tacky, marsh tit, marsh trefoil

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Following a conversation with Marsh, the two met at a pub in London.
Eddie Redmayne’s Time Has Come: On His Heartrending Turn as Stephen Hawking and Benedict Bromance|Marlow Stern|November 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The landscape looks something like the marsh behind the Toys ‘R’ Us where Tony Soprano might bury a body in Jersey.
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The actual field, where Richard was unhorsed and slain in a medieval marsh, is more than a mile away to the southwest.
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Since 1977, Star Wars has been an essential touchstone for both Povenmire and Marsh.
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“There are a lot of diehard fans who I think are genuinely worried about Disney doing Star Wars,” admits Marsh.
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Sometimes in the case of large plants, cones have been known to occur on the tips of the branches of the Marsh Horsetail.
How to Know the Ferns|S. Leonard Bastin
Herbert Marsh, professor of divinity in the university of Cambridge, England, died.
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The hills disappear some miles above this city, and henceforward to the sea all is flat and tame as a marsh.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley
It cut its zigzag way through the marsh for many miles, and they could follow its course with the eye but a few feet at a time.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
Here and there, but far away, a mast or sail rose above the level surface of the marsh.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton

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