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Definition of coral root in English English dictionary
- a wildflower of the genus Corallorhiza growing from a hard mass of rhizomes associated with a fungus that aids in absorbing nutrients from the forest floor
- coralroot
- Any of several saprophytic orchids of the genus Corallorhiza
- coral-root bittercress
- European bittercress having a knotted white rootstock
- crested coral root
- orchid with yellowish-brown flowers with dark veins; southeastern Arizona to the eastern United States
- early coral root
- plant having clumps of nearly leafless pale yellowish to greenish stems bearing similarly colored flowers with white lower lips; northern New Mexico north through South Dakota and Washington to Alaska
- spotted coral root
- common coral root having yellowish- or reddish- or purplish-brown leafless stems bearing loose racemes of similarly colored flowers with white purple-spotted lips; Guatemala to Canada
- striped coral root
- nearly leafless wildflower with erect reddish-purple stems bearing racemes of pale pinkish and brownish-striped flowers; western Canada to Mexico
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cor·al RootTurkish pronunciation
kôrıl rutPronunciation
/ˈkôrəl ˈro͞ot/ /ˈkɔːrəl ˈruːt/
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