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Noun: rattlesnake orchid
  1. Any of various orchids of the genus Pholidota having numerous white to brown flowers in spiralling racemes clothed in slightly inflated bracts and resembling a rattlesnake's tail

Derived forms: rattlesnake orchids

Type of: orchid, orchidaceous plant

Part of: genus Pholidota, Pholidota