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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun plural Any of various orchids of the genus Spiranthes, having a spike of small, usually white flowers arranged in a spiral.

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  • noun an orchid of the genus Spiranthes having slender often twisted spikes of white flowers

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hypernyms (2)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. orchid
  2. orchidaceous plant

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  1. european ladies' tresses
  2. hooded ladies' tresses
  3. screw augur
  4. spiranthes cernua
  5. spiranthes porrifolia
  6. spiranthes romanzoffiana
  7. spiranthes spiralis
  8. western ladies' tresses

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