heath spotted orchid

English

Alternative forms

• heath spotted-orchid

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.