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Definition of Genus ophrys
1. Noun. A hardy genus of terrestrial orchids of Europe and northern Africa and western Asia.
Generic synonyms: Liliopsid Genus, Monocot Genus
Group relationships: Family Orchidaceae, Orchid Family, Orchidaceae
Member holonyms: Spider Orchid
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Literary usage of Genus ophrys
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1. Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society by Royal Horticultural Society (Great Britain). (1886)
"The only parallel instance of real mimicry of an insect known to me is in the
well-known genus Ophrys. In both cases the resemblance is more suggestive than ..."
2. The Popular Science Monthly (1893)
"In 1833 Robert Brown conjectured that the remarkable insect- like forms of the
flowers of the genus Ophrys (bee orchid, etc.) " are intended to deter, ..."
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