rattlesnake orchid

1. 1.

   any of various orchids of the genus Pholidota having numerous white to brown flowers in spiraling racemes clothed in slightly inflated bracts and resembling a rattlesnake's tail

   Broaderorchid

   Part ofPholidota

Questions about rattlesnake orchid

What does rattlesnake orchid mean?

rattlesnake orchid means "any of various orchids of the genus Pholidota having numerous white to brown flowers in spiraling racemes clothed in slightly inflated bracts and resembling a rattlesnake's tail".

Is rattlesnake orchid a common word?

rattlesnake orchid 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.