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STRIPED CORAL ROOT
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Nearly leafless wildflower with erect reddish-purple stems bearing racemes of pale pinkish and brownish-striped flowers; western Canada to Mexico
Synonyms:
Corallorhiza striata; striped coral root
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("striped coral root" is a kind of...):
coral root (a wildflower of the genus Corallorhiza growing from a hard mass of rhizomes associated with a fungus that aids in absorbing nutrients from the forest floor)