English noun: rattlesnake orchid | |||
1. | rattlesnake orchid (plant) 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 | ||
Broader (hypernym) | orchid, orchidaceous plant | ||
Member meronym | genus Pholidota, Pholidota | ||