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
Useful english dictionary. 2012.