NOUN | plant | Corallorhiza, genus Corallorhiza | genus of leafless root-parasitic orchids having small purplish or yellowish racemose flowers with lobed lips |
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Meaning | genus of leafless root-parasitic orchids having small purplish or yellowish racemose flowers with lobed lips; widely distributed in temperate regions. | |
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Synonym | genus Corallorhiza | |
Member of | Orchidaceae, family Orchidaceae, orchid family | enormous cosmopolitan family of perennial terrestrial or epiphytic plants with fleshy tubers or rootstocks / rootstocks and unusual flowers |
Members | coral root | A wildflower of the genus Corallorhiza growing from a hard mass of rhizomes associated with a fungus that aids in absorbing nutrients from the forest / forest floor |
Broader | monocot genus, liliopsid genus | genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed |
Spanish | corallorhiza, genus corallorhiza | |
Catalan | corallorhiza, genus corallorhiza |
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