Definition of Ragged-fringed orchid

1. Noun. Fringed orchid of the eastern United States having a greenish flower with the lip deeply lacerated.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Ragged-fringed Orchid

ragequitting
rager
ragers
ragery
rages
ragest
rageth
ragg
ragga
raggamuffin
raggamuffins
raggare
raggares
raggas
ragged
ragged-fringed orchid (current term)
ragged orchid
ragged orchis
ragged red fibers
ragged robin
raggeder
raggedest
raggedier
raggediest
raggedly
raggedness
raggednesses
raggedy
raggee
raggees

Literary usage of Ragged-fringed orchid

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Botanist edited by Willard Nelson Clute (1907)
"Have tried the following: pink lady's slipper, ragged fringed orchid, purple fringed orchid, calopogon, adder's mouth or rose pogonia, and arethusa. ..."

2. Flora of Vermont: A List of the Fern and Seed Plants Growing Without Cultivation by Ezra Brainerd, Vermont Botanical Club, Lewis Ralph Jones, Willard Webster Eggleston (1900)
"(H. Hookeri, Torr.) Dry woods ; occasional. H. hyperborea, R. Br. Bogs and cold woods ; frequent. H. lacera, R. Br. Ragged Fringed Orchid. Moist ground. ..."

3. Nantucket Wild Flowers by Alice Owen Albertson (1921)
"R. Br. Greenish-white Ragged Fringed Orchid, Ragged Orchid, June-August Green Fringed Orchid. Habenaria: for derivation see ..."

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