hooded ladies' tresses

Definitions of hooded ladies' tresses
  1. noun
    orchid having dense clusters of gently spiraling creamy white flowers with 2 upper petals forming a hood; western North America
    synonyms: Spiranthes romanzoffiana
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    type of:
    ladies' tresses, lady's tresses
    an orchid of the genus Spiranthes having slender often twisted spikes of white flowers
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