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adder's-mouth

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ad⋅der's-mouth

  [ad-erz-mouth]
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–noun, plural -mouths  [-mouthz, -mouths] .
1. any of several North American, terrestrial orchids of the genus Malaxis, having tiny white or greenish flowers.
2. rose pogonia.
Origin:
1830–40, Americanism

rose pogonia

 
–noun
a North American terrestrial orchid, Pogonia ophioglossoides, having a fragrant, usually solitary rose-pink or white flower.
Also called snakemouth, adder's-mouth.
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ad·der's-mouth   (ād'ərz-mouth')
n.  Any of various chiefly terrestrial orchids of the genus Malaxis, having terminal clusters of small, often greenish flowers.

[From the resemblance of its flowers to the open mouths of snakes.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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