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‖ Ophrys Bot.|ˈɒfrɪs|
[a. Gr. ὀϕρύς eyebrow; a. L. ophrys (Pliny) some bifoliate plant, adopted by Linnæus 1737 as a generic name.]
A genus of terrestrial Orchidaceæ, containing the Bee-, Fly-, and Spider-orchis. Also popularly extended to allied genera, as Neottia or Spiranthes (Ladies'-tresses).
1785Martyn Rousseau's Bot. xxvii. (1794) 419 The Spiral Ophrys, commonly called Triple Ladies Traces..on heaths and dry pastures. 1829A. Jamieson Dict. Mech. Sc. s.v. Ophrys, Bee Ophrys ranks among the few plants that are more generally admired than all the Orchideae for their singular beauty. 1844S. R. in Church Poetry (ed. 2) 291 There amid many weeds I see,..That curious plant, the Ophrys Bee. |
