spiranthes
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1. large cosmopolitan genus of white-flowered terrestrial orchids (noun.plant)
hypernym | : | liliopsid genus, monocot genus, |
definition | : | genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | ladies' tresses, lady's tresses, |
definition | : | an orchid of the genus Spiranthes having slender often twisted spikes of white flowers (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | screw augur, spiranthes cernua, |
definition | : | an orchid of the genus Spiranthes having tall erect densely flowered spiraling clusters of creamy white vanilla-scented flowers; widely distributed especially in low damp places of eastern and central North America (noun.plant) |
member meronym | : | family orchidaceae, orchid family, orchidaceae, |
definition | : | enormous cosmopolitan family of perennial terrestrial or epiphytic plants with fleshy tubers or rootstocks and unusual flowers (noun.plant) |
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