ladies' tresses

ladies' tresses

also lady's tressespl.n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb) Any of various orchids of the genus Spiranthes, having a spike of small, usually white flowers arranged in a spiral.

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ladies' tresses - an orchid of the genus Spiranthes having slender often twisted spikes of white flowerslady's tressesorchid, orchidaceous plant - any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colorsgenus Spiranthes, Spiranthes - large cosmopolitan genus of white-flowered terrestrial orchidsscrew augur, Spiranthes cernua - an orchid of the genus Spiranthes having tall erect densely flowered spiraling clusters of creamy white vanilla-scented flowers; widely distributed especially in low damp places of eastern and central North Americahooded ladies' tresses, Spiranthes romanzoffiana - orchid having dense clusters of gently spiraling creamy white flowers with 2 upper petals forming a hood; western North AmericaSpiranthes porrifolia, western ladies' tresses - similar to Spiranthes romanzoffiana;StatesEuropean ladies' tresses, Spiranthes spiralis - European orchid having shorter racemes of strongly spiraling snow-white flowers