{ } n. (Bot.) A name given to several species of the orchidaceous genus Spiranthes, in which the white flowers are set in spirals about a slender axis and remotely resemble braided hair. [ 1913 Webster ]
[せいちょうしょうせつ, seichoushousetsu](n) novel of formation (education); novel of character development; novel which traces the intellectual, moral, spiritual or social development of a young person; Bildungsroman (German)[Add to Longdo]