Home › Words › O › ophrysophrysophrys means any orchid of the genus Ophrys, often vernacularly called bee orchids.EtymologyBorrowed from translingual Ophrys, from Ancient Greek ὀφρῡ́ς (ophrū́s, “eyebrow”); further from Proto-Hellenic *opʰrū́s and Proto-Indo-European *h₃bʰrúHs. Doublet of bree and brow.nounAny orchid of the genus Ophrys, often vernacularly called bee orchids.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).