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Definition of Rattlesnake orchid
1. Noun. Any of various orchids of the genus Pholidota having numerous white to brown flowers in spiraling racemes clothed in slightly inflated bracts and resembling a rattlesnake's tail.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rattlesnake Orchid
Literary usage of Rattlesnake orchid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Nature and Development of Plants by Carlton Clarence Curtis (1918)
"They are exceedingly small and produced in enormous numbers; in fact, the seeds
of the rattlesnake orchid, ..."
2. How to Know the Ferns: A Guide to the Names, Haunts, and Habits of Our by Frances Theodora Parsons (1899)
"... mottled green and white rosettes and the slender wands of flowers of the
rattlesnake orchid. In the open swamps beyond the fern's companion is another ..."
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