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ad·der's-mouth   (drz-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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