neottia nidus-avis

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neottia nidus-avis - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Bird's nest \Bird's" nest`\, or Bird's-nest \Bird's-nest\, n.
     1. The nest in which a bird lays eggs and hatches her young.
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     2. (Cookery) The nest of a small swallow (Collocalia  nidifica
         and several allied species), of China and the
        neighboring countries, which is mixed with soups.
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     Note: The nests are found in caverns and fissures of cliffs
           on rocky coasts, and are composed in part of alg[ae].
           They are of the size of a goose egg, and in substance
           resemble isinglass. See Illust. under Edible.
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     3. (Bot.) An orchideous plant with matted roots, of the genus
        Neottia (Neottia nidus-avis).
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     Bird's-nest pudding, a pudding containing apples whose
        cores have been replaced by sugar.
  
     Yellow bird's nest, a plant, the Monotropa hypopitys.
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