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GREEN ADDER'S MOUTH
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
North American orchid having a solitary leaf and flowers with threadlike petals
Synonyms:
green adder's mouth; Malaxis-unifolia; Malaxis ophioglossoides
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("green adder's mouth" is a kind of...):
orchid; orchidaceous plant (any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors)
Holonyms ("green adder's mouth" is a member of...):
genus Malaxis; Malaxis (large genus of largely terrestrial orchids with one or a few plicate leaves and slender spikes or tiny mostly green flowers; cosmopolitan)