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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various orchids of the genus Goodyera, having mottled or striped leaves and spikes of small whitish flowers.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any of several small temperate and tropical orchids having mottled or striped leaves and spikes of small yellowish-white flowers in a twisted raceme
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[From the resemblance of its leaves to a rattlesnake's skin.]
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