Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A low orchid of boggy places. See
Malaxis .
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The rarer orchids of the district are the bog-orchis (_Malaxis paludosa_), the narrow-leaved helleborine (_Cephalanthera ensifolia_), and the butterfly orchis
Hertfordshire Herbert Winckworth Tompkins 1901
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