GREEN ADDER'S MOUTH

 Dictionary entry overview: What does green adder's mouth mean? 

• GREEN ADDER'S MOUTH (noun)
  The noun GREEN ADDER'S MOUTH has 1 sense:

1. North American orchid having a solitary leaf and flowers with threadlike petals

  Familiarity information: GREEN ADDER'S MOUTH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GREEN ADDER'S MOUTH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

North American orchid having a solitary leaf and flowers with threadlike petals

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

green adder's mouth; Malaxis-unifolia; Malaxis ophioglossoides

Hypernyms ("green adder's mouth" is a kind of...):

orchid; orchidaceous plant (any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors)

Holonyms ("green adder's mouth" is a member of...):

genus Malaxis; Malaxis (large genus of largely terrestrial orchids with one or a few plicate leaves and slender spikes or tiny mostly green flowers; cosmopolitan)