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