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SPIRANTHES CERNUA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Spiranthes cernua mean? 

SPIRANTHES CERNUA (noun)
  The noun SPIRANTHES CERNUA has 1 sense:

1. 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 Americaplay

  Familiarity information: SPIRANTHES CERNUA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SPIRANTHES CERNUA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

screw augur; Spiranthes cernua

Hypernyms ("Spiranthes cernua" is a kind of...):

ladies' tresses; lady's tresses (an orchid of the genus Spiranthes having slender often twisted spikes of white flowers)

Holonyms ("Spiranthes cernua" is a member of...):

genus Spiranthes; Spiranthes (large cosmopolitan genus of white-flowered terrestrial orchids)


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