RATTLESNAKE PLANTAIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rattlesnake plantain mean? 

• RATTLESNAKE PLANTAIN (noun)
  The noun RATTLESNAKE PLANTAIN has 1 sense:

1. any of several small temperate and tropical orchids having mottled or striped leaves and spikes of small yellowish-white flowers in a twisted raceme

  Familiarity information: RATTLESNAKE PLANTAIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RATTLESNAKE PLANTAIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of several small temperate and tropical orchids having mottled or striped leaves and spikes of small yellowish-white flowers in a twisted raceme

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

helleborine; rattlesnake plantain

Hypernyms ("rattlesnake plantain" is a kind of...):

orchid; orchidaceous plant (any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors)

Holonyms ("rattlesnake plantain" is a member of...):

genus Goodyera; Goodyera (genus of small orchids of the northern hemisphere with creeping rhizomes and stalked ovate leaves and small flowers)