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CORALLORHIZA STRIATA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Corallorhiza striata mean?
• CORALLORHIZA STRIATA (noun)
The noun CORALLORHIZA STRIATA has 1 sense:
1. nearly leafless wildflower with erect reddish-purple stems bearing racemes of pale pinkish and brownish-striped flowers; western Canada to Mexico
Familiarity information: CORALLORHIZA STRIATA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Nearly leafless wildflower with erect reddish-purple stems bearing racemes of pale pinkish and brownish-striped flowers; western Canada to Mexico
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Corallorhiza striata; striped coral root
Hypernyms ("Corallorhiza striata" is a kind of...):
coral root (a wildflower of the genus Corallorhiza growing from a hard mass of rhizomes associated with a fungus that aids in absorbing nutrients from the forest floor)
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