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Definition of Spiranthes
1. Noun. Large cosmopolitan genus of white-flowered terrestrial orchids.
Generic synonyms: Liliopsid Genus, Monocot Genus
Group relationships: Family Orchidaceae, Orchid Family, Orchidaceae
Member holonyms: Ladies' Tresses, Lady's Tresses, Screw Augur, Spiranthes Cernua, Hooded Ladies' Tresses, Spiranthes Romanzoffiana, Spiranthes Porrifolia, Western Ladies' Tresses, European Ladies' Tresses, Spiranthes Spiralis
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spiranthes
Literary usage of Spiranthes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Orchidaceae: Illustrations and Studies of the Family Orchidaceae, Issuing by Oakes Ames (1905)
"GRAY SINCE the publication in Rhodora (6: 30) of the description and plate of
Spiranthes neglecta, I have been enabled, through extensive collections of ..."
2. Rhodora by New England Botanical Club (1906)
"Spiranthes OVALIS. OAKES AMES. IN 1840, Dr. John Lindley published the description
of a new species of Spiranthes collected by Drummond in Texas and in ..."
3. The Various Contrivances by which Orchids are Fertilised by Insects by Charles Darwin (1904)
"Spiranthes comes under the same category, but has been differently modified in
some respects. Epipactis palustris. ..."
4. The Various Contrivances by which Orchids are Fertilized by Insects by Charles Darwin (1889)
"Spiranthes comes under the same category, but has been differently modified in
some respects. Epipactis palustris*—The lower part of the large AG More, ..."
5. The Various Contrivances by which Orchids are Fertilized by Insects by Charles Darwin (1877)
"Spiranthes comes under the same category, but has been differently modified in
some respects. Epipactis palustris*—The lower part of the large * I am much ..."
6. The Various Contrivances by which Orchids are Fertilized by Insects by Charles Darwin (1889)
"and anther,—and in some other respects, we have a clear affinity with Spiranthes.
In the anther having a broad filament we see a relation to Cephalanthera. ..."
7. The Various Contrivances by which Orchids are Fertilised by Insects by Charles Darwin (1877)
"Spiranthes comes under the same category, but has been differently modified in
some respects. Epipactis palustris.*—The lower part of the large ..."
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