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Definition of rein orchis in US English:
rein orchis
noun
North American= rein orchid.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Asa Gray (1810–1888), botanist. After scientific Latin Habenaria, genus name from classical Latin habēna thong, rein.
