tress : Idioms & Phrases
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european ladies' tresses
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noun European orchid having shorter racemes of strongly spiraling snow-white flowers
Spiranthes spiralis.
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hooded ladies' tresses
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noun orchid having dense clusters of gently spiraling creamy white flowers with 2 upper petals forming a hood; western North America
Spiranthes romanzoffiana.
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ladies' tresses
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noun an orchid of the genus Spiranthes having slender often twisted spikes of white flowers
ladies' tresses.
WordNet
La"dy's tra"ces, La"dies' tress"es
(Also<
- Lady's traces
- Ladies' tresses
)
Definitions
(Bot.) A name given to several species of the orchidaceous genus Spiranthes , in which the white flowers are set in spirals about a slender axis and remotely resemble braided hair.
Webster 1913
lady's tresses
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noun an orchid of the genus Spiranthes having slender often twisted spikes of white flowers
ladies' tresses.
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western ladies' tresses
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noun similar to Spiranthes romanzoffiana; States
Spiranthes porrifolia.