English Explanatory Dictionary

ophrys

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any orchid of the genus Ophrys, often vernacularly called bee orchids.

Word forms

ophrys ophryses

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Ophrys, from Ancient Greek ὀφρῡ́ς (ophrū́s, “eyebrow”); further from Proto-Hellenic *opʰrū́s and Proto-Indo-European *h₃bʰrúHs. Doublet of bree and brow.

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