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Definition of Rein orchid
1. Noun. Any of several American wildflowers with a kidney-shaped lip.
Generic synonyms: Orchid, Orchidaceous Plant
Group relationships: Genus Habenaria, Habenaria
Specialized synonyms: Bog Candles, Bog Rein Orchid, Habenaria Dilatata, Elegant Habenaria, Habenaria Elegans, Coastal Rein Orchid, Habenaria Greenei, Habenaria Orbiculata, Round-leaved Rein Orchid, Alaska Rein Orchid, Habenaria Unalascensis
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rein Orchid
Literary usage of Rein orchid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Nantucket Wild Flowers by Alice Owen Albertson (1921)
"White White Fringed Orchid, rein orchid, July-August Feather-leaved Orchid.
Habenaria: name from Latin for a thong or rein, in allusion to the shape of the ..."
2. California Redwood Park, Sometimes Called Sempervirens Park: An Appreciation by Arthur Adelbert Taylor (1912)
"The third species, a rein orchid (Habenaria), is quite abundant. Its long ribbon-
like leaves appear above ground in the early spring. ..."
3. Zoe: A Biological Journal by Townshend Stith Brandegee, Katharine Layne Brandegee (1891)
"Here I collected the only other plant not yet seen, the graceful
rein-orchid (Habenaria %ra- cilis), though one other ..."
4. Adventure Guide to the Pacific Northwest by Don Young, Marjorie Young (1999)
"... which can provide good birdwatching in May and June; the equally short Rein
Orchid Trail, off a parking lot on Gibson Pass Road, along which orchids and ..."
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