genus spiranthes

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   large cosmopolitan genus of white-flowered terrestrial orchids

   SynonymsSpiranthes

   Broadermonocot genus

   Part ofOrchidaceae

Questions about genus spiranthes

What does genus spiranthes mean?

genus spiranthes means "large cosmopolitan genus of white-flowered terrestrial orchids".

What is another word for genus spiranthes?

Close synonyms include Spiranthes. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus spiranthes a common word?

genus spiranthes 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.