lady[s_tresses (HyperDic hyper-dictionary) (English)

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English 1 sense of the expression *lady's tresses*:
NOUN	plant	lady's tresses, ladies' tresses	an orchid of the genus Spiranthes having slender often twisted spikes of white flowers

Englishlady's tresses: 1 sense noun 1, plant
Meaning	An orchid of the genus Spiranthes having slender often twisted spikes of white flowers.
Synonym	ladies' 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

HyperDicEnglishLADY ... lady's tresses