HyperDic: rattlesnake_plantain

English > 1 sense of the expression rattlesnake plantain:
NOUNplantrattlesnake plantain, helleborineany of several small temperate and tropical orchids having mottled or striped leaves and spikes of small yellowish-white flowers in a twisted raceme
English > rattlesnake plantain: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningAny of several small temperate and tropical orchids having mottled or striped leaves and spikes of small yellowish-white flowers in a twisted raceme.
Synonymhelleborine
Member ofGoodyera, genus Goodyeragenus of small orchids of the northern hemisphere with creeping rhizomes and stalked ovate leaves and small flowers
Broaderorchid, orchidaceous plantAny of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors

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