rattlesnake plantain

rattlesnake plantain
noun
any of several small temperate and tropical orchids having mottled or striped leaves and spikes of small yellowish-white flowers in a twisted raceme
Syn: ↑helleborine
Hypernyms: ↑orchid, ↑orchidaceous plant
Member Holonyms: ↑Goodyera, ↑genus Goodyera

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noun
: an orchid of the genus Goodyera

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any of several low, terrestrial orchids, as Goodyera repens, of northern temperate regions, having a basal rosette of leaves with white veins and a one-sided spike of white flowers.
[1770-80, Amer.]

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rattlesnake plantain,
any one of various low terrestrial orchids with spotted leaves and whitish flowers, found in north temperate regions.
[because of its spotted leaves]

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