orange tip
See also: orangetip
English
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An orange tip on a flower.
Noun
orange tip (plural orange tips)
- Any of various pierid butterflies having orange tips to the upper forewings, especially Anthocharis cardamines of Eurasia.
- 2018, Patrick Barkham, The Guardian, 27 April:
- Most of us have a favourite first that signifies the true beginning of spring. For me, it’s the first orange tip.
- 2018, Patrick Barkham, The Guardian, 27 April:
Translations
butterfly
See also
orange tip on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Anthocharis cardamines on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
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