coralroot

cor·al·root

C0636100 (kôr′əl-ro͞ot′, -ro͝ot′, kŏr′-)n. Any of several terrestrial, saprophytic, chiefly New World orchids of the genus Corallorhiza having yellowish-green to purplish-brown leafless stems and small flowers.

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[From the corallike appearance of its branched rhizomes.]

coralroot

(ˈkɒrəlˌruːt) n (Plants) any N temperate leafless orchid of the genus Corallorhiza, with small yellow-green or purple flowers and branched roots resembling coral

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coralroot - European bittercress having a knotted white rootstockCardamine bulbifera, coral-root bittercress, coralwort, Dentaria bulbiferabitter cress, bittercress - any of various herbs of the genus Cardamine, having usually pinnate leaves and racemes of white, pink or purple flowers; cosmopolitan except Antarctic