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LADIES' TRESSES
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An orchid of the genus Spiranthes having slender often twisted spikes of white flowers
Synonyms:
ladies' tresses; lady's tresses
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("ladies' tresses" is a kind of...):
orchid; orchidaceous plant (any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ladies' tresses"):
screw augur; Spiranthes cernua (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)
hooded ladies' tresses; Spiranthes romanzoffiana (orchid having dense clusters of gently spiraling creamy white flowers with 2 upper petals forming a hood; western North America)
Spiranthes porrifolia; western ladies' tresses (similar to Spiranthes romanzoffiana; western United States)
European ladies' tresses; Spiranthes spiralis (European orchid having shorter racemes of strongly spiraling snow-white flowers)
Holonyms ("ladies' tresses" is a member of...):
genus Spiranthes; Spiranthes (large cosmopolitan genus of white-flowered terrestrial orchids)
