rattlesnake orchid

rattlesnake orchid
noun
any of various orchids of the genus Pholidota having numerous white to brown flowers in spiraling racemes clothed in slightly inflated bracts and resembling a rattlesnake's tail
Hypernyms: ↑orchid, ↑orchidaceous plant
Member Holonyms: ↑Pholidota, ↑genus Pholidota

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