orange tip

See also: orangetip

English

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.

Translations

butterfly

See also

orange tip on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anthocharis cardamines on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Anagrams

operating, pignorate

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