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Definition of Coral root
1. Noun. 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.
Group relationships: Corallorhiza, Genus Corallorhiza
Specialized synonyms: Corallorhiza Maculata, Spotted Coral Root, Corallorhiza Striata, Striped Coral Root, Corallorhiza Trifida, Early Coral Root, Pale Coral Root
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coral Root
Literary usage of Coral root
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"Spotted coral-root; Large coral-root Herbaceous perennial, saprophytic Dry,
deciduous or coniferous woods in light soils. Corallorhiza multiflora Nutt. ..."
2. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"CORAL-ROOT. Low orchids, growing in woods and parasitic on roots, destitute of
green foliage, the plant usually brownish or yellowish and inconspicuous. ..."
3. Henderson's Handbook of Plants and General Horticulture \ by Peter Henderson (1910)
"coral root. See Corallorhiza. Coral Tree. See Erythrina. Corbula'ria. From corbula,
a little basket ; in reference to the shape of the nectary. Nat. ..."
4. Plant Names, Scientific and Popular, Including in the Case of Each Plant the by Albert Brown Lyons (1900)
"From Greek, "coral-root". Syn. Cymbidium. Scapose herbs with coral-like roots.
... Small-flowered Coral-root, Small or Late Coral-root, Crawley- root, ..."
5. The Orchids of New England: A Popular Monograph by Henry Ives Baldwin (1884)
"The genus Corallorhiza (Coral-root), northern or extra-tropical in range and ...
This Coral-root has a depression where its flower-spur should be. ..."
6. The Ladies' Flower-garden of Ornamental Perennials by Loudon (Jane) (1843)
"... are either white or reddish ; and they are disposed in erect, terminal racemes,
without bracts. GENUS IV. DENTARIA, Dec. TOOTHWORT, OR CORAL-ROOT. Lin. ..."
7. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"Spotted coral-root; Large coral-root Herbaceous perennial, saprophytic Dry,
deciduous or coniferous woods in light soils. Corallorhiza multiflora Nutt. ..."
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