"lady's tresses" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

is a type of: orchid, orchidaceous plant - any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors
subtypes:
- 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
belongs to: genus spiranthes, spiranthes - large cosmopolitan genus of white-flowered terrestrial orchids

same as: ladies' tresses