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SCREW AUGUR
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
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
Synonyms:
screw augur; Spiranthes cernua
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("screw augur" is a kind of...):
ladies' tresses; lady's tresses (an orchid of the genus Spiranthes having slender often twisted spikes of white flowers)
Holonyms ("screw augur" is a member of...):
genus Spiranthes; Spiranthes (large cosmopolitan genus of white-flowered terrestrial orchids)
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