| NOUN | plant | ladies' tresses, lady's tresses | an orchid of the genus Spiranthes having slender often twisted spikes of white flowers |
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| Meaning | An orchid of the genus Spiranthes having slender often twisted spikes of white flowers. | |
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| Synonym | lady's tresses | |
| Member of | Spiranthes, genus Spiranthes | large cosmopolitan genus of white-flowered terrestrial orchids |
| Narrower | European ladies' tresses, Spiranthes spiralis | European orchid having shorter racemes of strongly spiraling snow-white flowers |
| hooded ladies' tresses, Spiranthes romanzoffiana | orchid having dense clusters of gently spiraling creamy white flowers with 2 upper petals forming a hood | |
| screw augur, Spiranthes cernua | An orchid of the genus Spiranthes having tall erect densely flowered spiraling clusters of creamy white vanilla-scented flowers | |
| western ladies' tresses, Spiranthes porrifolia | Similar to Spiranthes romanzoffiana | |
| Broader | orchid, orchidaceous plant | Any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors |
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