HyperDic: pale_coral_root

English > 1 sense of the expression pale coral root:
NOUNplantpale coral root, early coral root, Corallorhiza trifidaplant having clumps of nearly leafless pale yellowish to greenish stems bearing similarly colored flowers with white lower lips
English > pale coral root: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningplant having clumps of nearly leafless pale yellowish to greenish stems bearing similarly colored flowers with white lower lips; northern New Mexico north through South Dakota and Washington to Alaska.
Synonymsearly coral root, Corallorhiza trifida
Broadercoral rootA 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

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