coral root

1. 1.

   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

   Broaderorchid

   Narrowerspotted coral rootstriped coral rootearly coral root

   Part ofCorallorhiza

Questions about coral root

What does coral root mean?

coral root means "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".

Is coral root a common word?

coral root is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.