Lady's traces

(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 0:47:06

La"dy's tra"ces (?), La"dies' tress"es (?). Bot.

A name given to several species of the orchidaceous genus Spiranthes, in which the white flowers are set in spirals about a slender axis and remotely resemble braided hair.

 

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