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Noun: lesser butterfly orchid
  1. South European orchid having fragrant greenish-white flowers; sometimes placed in genus Habenaria
    "The lesser butterfly orchid releases its strongest fragrance at night";
    - Platanthera bifolia, Habenaria bifolia

Derived forms: lesser butterfly orchids

Type of: orchid, orchidaceous plant

Part of: genus Platanthera, Platanthera

Encyclopedia: Lesser butterfly orchid