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Noun: chatterbox  'cha-tu(r),bóks
  1. Orchid growing along streams or ponds of western North America having leafy stems and 1 greenish-brown and pinkish flower in the axil of each upper leaf
    - stream orchid, giant helleborine, Epipactis gigantea
     
  2. Someone who talks a lot, esp. someone who talks too much or foolishly
    - chatterer, babbler, prater, magpie, spouter

Derived forms: chatterboxes

Type of: helleborine, speaker, talker, utterer, verbaliser [Brit], verbalizer

Part of: Epipactis, genus Epipactis

Encyclopedia: Chatterbox