| 释义 |
dead-man's-fingers
\ˌ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷\ noun plural but singular or plural in construction
or dead-men's-fingers
1. : any of several European orchids (genus Orchis) having pale digitate roots (especially O. mascula, O. maculata, O. latifolia, and O. morio)
2. : any of several other plants: as
a. : bird's-foot trefoil 1a
b. : cuckoopint
c. : meadow foxtail grass
3. : the fruiting bodies of fungi of the genus Xylaria (especially X. polymorpha)
4.
a. : a fleshy alcyonarian (Alcyonium digitatum) usually lobed or digitate in form
b. : a white or grayish digitately branching sponge (Chalina arbuscula) of the Atlantc coast
5. : dead man 1 |