spiranthes

1. Large cosmopolitan genus of white-flowered terrestrial orchids (synset 112103840)
   is a type of: liliopsid genus, monocot genus - genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
   member holonym:

   • ladies' tresses, lady's tresses - an orchid of the genus Spiranthes having slender often twisted spikes of white flowers
   • 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: family orchidaceae, orchid family, orchidaceae - enormous cosmopolitan family of perennial terrestrial or epiphytic plants with fleshy tubers or rootstocks and unusual flowers
   same as: genus spiranthes

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