(n)orchid having dense clusters of gently spiraling creamy white flowers with 2 upper petals forming a hood; western North America, Syn.Spiranthes romanzoffiana
{ } 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 ]
(n)orchid having dense clusters of gently spiraling creamy white flowers with 2 upper petals forming a hood; western North America, Syn.Spiranthes romanzoffiana
{ } 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 ]