corallorhiza
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1. genus of leafless root-parasitic orchids having small purplish or yellowish racemose flowers with lobed lips; widely distributed in temperate regions (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | liliopsid genus, monocot genus, |
| definition | : | genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | coral root, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.plant) |
| member meronym | : | family orchidaceae, orchid family, orchidaceae, |
| definition | : | enormous cosmopolitan family of perennial terrestrial or epiphytic plants with fleshy tubers or rootstocks and unusual flowers (noun.plant) |
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