Definition of Crested coral root

1. Noun. Orchid with yellowish-brown flowers with dark veins; southeastern Arizona to the eastern United States.

Exact synonyms: Hexalectris Spicata
Generic synonyms: Orchid, Orchidaceous Plant
Group relationships: Genus Hexalectris, Hexalectris

Lexicographical Neighbors of Crested Coral Root

crest clouds
crest of alveolar ridge
crest of cochlear opening
crest of fenestrae cochleae
crest of greater tubercle
crest of head of rib
crest of lesser tubercle
crest of neck of rib
crest of palatine bone
crest of petrous part of temporal bone
crest of scapular spine
cresta
crestal
crested
crested cariama
crested coral root (current term)
crested lark
crested larks
crested myna
crested penguin
crested penguins
crested screamer
crested screamers
crested swift
crested tit
crestfallen
crestfallenly

Literary usage of Crested coral root

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Southern Wild Flowers and Trees: Together with Shrubs, Vines and Various by Alice Lounsberry (1901)
"... dull purple and grow on very short and minutely bracted pedicels. The twice-toothed lip is noticeably shorter than the other petals. CRESTED CORAL-ROOT. ..."

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