adder's-mouth

adder's-mouth
/ad"euhrz mowth'/, n., pl. adder's-mouths /-mowdhz', -mowths'/.
1. any of several North American, terrestrial orchids of the genus Malaxis, having tiny white or greenish flowers.
2. See rose pogonia.
[1830-40, Amer.]

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