Corallorhiza

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Corallorhiza - genus of leafless root-parasitic orchids having small purplish or yellowish racemose flowers with lobed lips; widely distributed in temperate regionsgenus Corallorhizaliliopsid genus, monocot genus - genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seedfamily Orchidaceae, orchid family, Orchidaceae - enormous cosmopolitan family of perennial terrestrial or epiphytic plants with fleshy tubers or rootstocks and unusual flowerscoral root - a wildflower of the genus Corallorhiza growing from a hard mass of rhizomes associated with a fungus that aids in absorbing nutrients from the forest floor

Corallorhiza

a genus of plants of the family Or-chidaceae. They are perennial herbs without chlorophyll (saprophytes) and with fleshy, branched, coral-like rhizomes. The leaves are scalelike, and the flowers are arranged in racemose inflorescences. The fruit is a pod. There are 14 species of Corallorhiza in North America and one species, C. trifida, in Eurasia. In the USSR this species grows everywhere in moist coniferous and mixed forests on humus-rich soils, along the edges of mossy marshes, and in the tundra. The stem is 10 to 25 cm high and yellowish. The flowers (from two to ten) are yellowish and drooping. The leaflets of the perianth are lanceolate, and the lip is three-lobed with reddish lines or spots.

Corallorhiza

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Synonyms for Corallorhiza

noun genus of leafless root-parasitic orchids having small purplish or yellowish racemose flowers with lobed lips

Synonyms

genus Corallorhiza

Related Words

liliopsid genus
monocot genus
family Orchidaceae
orchid family
Orchidaceae
coral root

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