rein orchis

/reɪn ˌɔrkəs/

Definitions of rein orchis

1. noun

   any of several American wildflowers with a kidney-shaped lip
   synonyms: rein orchid

   types:

   Habenaria dilatata, bog candles, bog rein orchid

   orchid with spikes of many fragrant white flowers on erect leafy stems; of wet or boggy ground through most of the West and northern North America

   Habenaria elegans, elegant Habenaria

   slender inland rein orchid similar to coastal rein orchid but with pale greenish-yellow flowers

   Habenaria greenei, coastal rein orchid

   stout orchid of central California to northern Washington having racemes of white fragrant bilaterally symmetrical flowers

   Habenaria orbiculata, round-leaved rein orchid

   orchid having a raceme of large greenish-white flowers on a single flower stalk growing between two elliptic or round basal leaves lying on the ground; from northern Oregon and Montana across Canada to the eastern United States

   Alaska rein orchid, Habenaria unalascensis

   similar to coastal rein orchid but with smaller flowers; Alaska to Baja California and east to the Dakotas and Colorado

   type of:

   orchid, orchidaceous plant

   any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors