heath spotted orchid

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Noun

heath spotted orchid (plural heath spotted orchids)

  1. An orchid of species Dactylorhiza maculata, growing on hills and lowlands across Europe and northern Africa.
    • 2020, Tim Ecott, The Land of Maybe, Short Books, published 2021, page 131:
      The first heath spotted-orchids have flowered, standing just proud of the turf.
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