snakemouth

snake·mouth

S0505600 (snāk′mouth′)n. A North American orchid (Pogonia ophioglossoides) having a solitary rose-purple flower with a fringed lip. Also called rose pogonia.

snakemouth

(ˈsneɪkˌmaʊθ) n (Plants) a terrestrial orchid, Pogonia ophioglossoides, of E North America, having solitary fragrant pinkish-purple flowers[so called because of the alleged similarity between the shape of the flower and a snake's mouth]