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Spiranthes

noun

large cosmopolitan genus of white-flowered terrestrial orchids

• Syn: ↑genus Spiranthes

• Hypernyms: ↑monocot genus, ↑liliopsid genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Orchidaceae, ↑family Orchidaceae, ↑orchid family

• Member Meronyms:

↑ladies' tresses, ↑lady's tresses, ↑screw augur, ↑Spiranthes cernua, ↑hooded ladies' tresses, ↑Spiranthes romanzoffiana, ↑western ladies' tresses, ↑Spiranthes porrifolia, ↑European ladies' tresses, ↑Spiranthes spiralis

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\\spīˈran(t)(ˌ)thēz\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from spir- + -anthes

: a large widely distributed genus of terrestrial orchids with slender often twisted spikes of white irregular flowers — see screw auger

Useful english dictionary. 2012.