rattlesnakeplantain

rattlesnakeplantain
rattlesnake plantain n.
Any of various rhizomatous orchids of the genus Goodyera, having mottled or striped leaves and spikes of small whitish flowers.
  [From the resemblance of its leaves to a rattlesnake's skin.]

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Universalium. 2010.

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