SPOTTED CORAL ROOT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does spotted coral root mean? 

• SPOTTED CORAL ROOT (noun)
  The noun SPOTTED CORAL ROOT has 1 sense:

1. common coral root having yellowish- or reddish- or purplish-brown leafless stems bearing loose racemes of similarly colored flowers with white purple-spotted lips; Guatemala to Canada

  Familiarity information: SPOTTED CORAL ROOT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPOTTED CORAL ROOT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Common coral root having yellowish- or reddish- or purplish-brown leafless stems bearing loose racemes of similarly colored flowers with white purple-spotted lips; Guatemala to Canada

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Corallorhiza maculata; spotted coral root

Hypernyms ("spotted coral root" is a kind of...):

coral root (a wildflower of the genus Corallorhiza growing from a hard mass of rhizomes associated with a fungus that aids in absorbing nutrients from the forest floor)