adder\'s-mouth

[ad-erz-mouth]

ad·der's-mouth

[ad-erz-mouth]
noun, plural ad·der's-mouths [-mouthz, -mouths] .
1.
any of several North American, terrestrial orchids of the genus Malaxis, having tiny white or greenish flowers.

Origin:
1830–40, Americanism
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a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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adder's-mouth
 
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See also bog orchid any of various orchids of the genus Malaxis that occur in all parts of the world except Australia and New Zealand and have small usually greenish flowers

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