NOUN | plant | Spiranthes romanzoffiana, hooded ladies' tresses | orchid having dense clusters of gently spiraling creamy white flowers with 2 upper petals forming a hood |
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Meaning | orchid having dense clusters of gently spiraling creamy white flowers with 2 upper petals forming a hood; western North America. | |
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Synonym | hooded ladies' tresses | |
Member of | Spiranthes, genus Spiranthes | large cosmopolitan genus of white-flowered terrestrial orchids |
Broader | ladies' tresses, lady's tresses | An orchid of the genus Spiranthes having slender often twisted spikes of white flowers |
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