ˌtipyəˈla(a)rēə noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Tipula + -aria; from the supposed resemblance of the flower to the crane fly
: a genus of delicate terrestrial orchids with solid bulbs that produce in late summer a racemose scape of greenish purple flowers and in autumn a single ovate purple leaf which persists through winter — see crane-fly orchid