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WESTERN LADIES' TRESSES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does western ladies' tresses mean?
• WESTERN LADIES' TRESSES (noun)
The noun WESTERN LADIES' TRESSES has 1 sense:
1. similar to Spiranthes romanzoffiana; western United States
Familiarity information: WESTERN LADIES' TRESSES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• WESTERN LADIES' TRESSES (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Similar to Spiranthes romanzoffiana; western United States
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Spiranthes porrifolia; western ladies' tresses
Hypernyms ("western ladies' tresses" is a kind of...):
ladies' tresses; lady's tresses (an orchid of the genus Spiranthes having slender often twisted spikes of white flowers)
Holonyms ("western ladies' tresses" is a member of...):
genus Spiranthes; Spiranthes (large cosmopolitan genus of white-flowered terrestrial orchids)
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