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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a rare north temperate bog orchid (
Calypso bulbosa ) bearing a solitary white to pink flower marked with purple at the tip of an erect reddish stalk above one basal leaf.
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- noun rare north temperate bog orchid bearing a solitary white to pink flower marked with purple at the tip of an erect reddish stalk above 1 basal leaf
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