Orchis mascula

Definitions of Orchis mascula
  1. noun
    Eurasian orchid with showy pink or purple flowers in a loose spike
    synonyms: early purple orchid, male orchis
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    type of:
    orchis
    any of various deciduous terrestrial orchids having fleshy tubers and flowers in erect terminal racemes
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