goodyera

IPA: gˈʊdjˈɛrʌ

Root Word: Goodyera

Goodyera, commonly called rattlesnake plantain, jade orchids or ladies' tresses is a wide-ranging genus of orchids in the tribe Cranichideae.

Examples of "goodyera" in Sentences

Many Goodyera species are threatened in at least part of their range.
Many 'Goodyera' species are threatened in at least part of their range.
The camellia, provided as it now is with glamorous and faintly immoral connotations, has tricked us into forgetting that its godfather was a Jesuit named Kamel; but gesnera, goodyera and fothergilla still wear their synthetic verbal grandeur with a stilted, self-conscious air like a herd in his Sunday blacks.