spider orchid: any of several European orchids of the genus Ophrys
orchid: any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors
scopes trial: a highly publicized trial in 1925 when John Thomas Scopes violated a Tennessee state law by teaching evolution in high school; Scopes was prosecuted by William Jennings Bryan and defended by Clarence Darrow; Scopes was convicted but the verdict was later reversed