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Ladies' tresses   /lˈeɪdˌiz trˈɛsɪz/   Listen
Ladies' tresses

noun
1.
An orchid of the genus Spiranthes having slender often twisted spikes of white flowers.  Synonym: lady's tresses.



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European ladies' tresses
hooded ladies' tresses
western ladies' tresses


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"Ladies' tresses" Quotes from Famous Books



... shadowy colonnade of the woods. Not once had her troubled look wandered from the moist dead leaves on the ground, to the misty edges of the forest, where small wild flowers thronged in a pale procession of pipsissewa, ladies' tresses, and Enchanter's nightshade. ...
— The Miller Of Old Church • Ellen Glasgow


Words linked to "Ladies' tresses" :   orchid, Spiranthes cernua, Spiranthes spiralis, Spiranthes, orchidaceous plant, genus Spiranthes, screw augur, Spiranthes romanzoffiana, Spiranthes porrifolia


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