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Noun: rattlesnake plantain
  1. Any of several small temperate and tropical orchids having mottled or striped leaves and spikes of small yellowish-white flowers in a twisted raceme
    - helleborine

Derived forms: rattlesnake plantains

Type of: orchid, orchidaceous plant

Part of: genus Goodyera, Goodyera

Encyclopedia: Rattlesnake plantain