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    HOODED LADIES' TRESSES

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Orchid having dense clusters of gently spiraling creamy white flowers with 2 upper petals forming a hood; western North Americaplay

    Synonyms:

    hooded ladies' tresses; Spiranthes romanzoffiana

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("hooded 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 ("hooded ladies' tresses" is a member of...):

    genus Spiranthes; Spiranthes (large cosmopolitan genus of white-flowered terrestrial orchids)

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