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< Adderley, Julian

adder's-tongue >

ad·der's-mouth (

rz-mouth

) KEY

NOUN:

Any of various chiefly terrestrial orchids of the genus Malaxis, having terminal clusters of small, often greenish flowers.

ETYMOLOGY:
From the resemblance of its flowers to the open mouths of snakes

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