Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bird's-nest orchid

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.93 in modern English

Syllables: bird's-nest orchid
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

2

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A species of orchid, Neottia nidus-avis, native to Europe and Russia.

Example Sentences

"James learned to chew the wood sorrel for its acid flavour, to watch for its flowers closing on approach of rain, and found where the rare bird's-nest orchid grew."

Inflected Forms

bird's-nest orchids (plural)

Questions

What does bird's-nest orchid mean?: A species of orchid, Neottia nidus-avis, native to Europe and Russia.

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