STRIPED CORAL ROOT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does striped coral root mean? 

• STRIPED CORAL ROOT (noun)
  The noun STRIPED CORAL ROOT 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: STRIPED CORAL ROOT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STRIPED CORAL ROOT (noun)

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 ("striped coral root" 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)