adder's-mouth

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(adərz mouth′)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
ad•der's-mouth  (adərz mouth′),USA pronunciation n., pl. -mouths 
    (-mouᵺz′, -mouths′).USA pronunciation 
  1. Plant Biologyany of several North American, terrestrial orchids of the genus Malaxis, having tiny white or greenish flowers.
  2. Plant BiologySee rose pogonia. 
  • 1830–40, American.

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