ladies tresses

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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

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european ladies' tresses
European orchid having shorter racemes of strongly spiraling snow-white flowers
hooded ladies' tresses
orchid having dense clusters of gently spiraling creamy white flowers with 2 upper petals forming a hood; western North America
ladies' tresses
Any of various orchids of the genus Spiranthes, having a spike or raceme of small flowers usually arranged in a spiral
ladies' tresses
an orchid of the genus Spiranthes having slender often twisted spikes of white flowers
western ladies' tresses
similar to Spiranthes romanzoffiana;States