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RATTLESNAKE PLANTAIN
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Any of several small temperate and tropical orchids having mottled or striped leaves and spikes of small yellowish-white flowers in a twisted raceme
Synonyms:
helleborine; rattlesnake plantain
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("rattlesnake plantain" is a kind of...):
orchid; orchidaceous plant (any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors)
Holonyms ("rattlesnake plantain" is a member of...):
genus Goodyera; Goodyera (genus of small orchids of the northern hemisphere with creeping rhizomes and stalked ovate leaves and small flowers)