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SPIRANTHES
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large cosmopolitan genus of white-flowered terrestrial orchids
Synonyms:
genus Spiranthes; Spiranthes
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Spiranthes" is a kind of...):
liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)
Meronyms (members of "Spiranthes"):
ladies' tresses; lady's tresses (an orchid of the genus Spiranthes having slender often twisted spikes of white flowers)
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 ("Spiranthes" is a member of...):
family Orchidaceae; orchid family; Orchidaceae (enormous cosmopolitan family of perennial terrestrial or epiphytic plants with fleshy tubers or rootstocks and unusual flowers)
