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coralroot

coralroot noun: any of several saprophytic orchids of the genus Corallorhiza.

coralroot: any of several saprophytic orchids of the genus Corallorhiza
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Noun

coralroot (countable and uncountable, plural coralroots)

  1. Any of several saprophytic orchids of the genus Corallorhiza.
  2. Cardamine bulbifera.

Forms of coralroot

pluralcoralroots

Origin of coralroot

coral + root, a calque of translingual Corallorhiza.

Questions about coralroot

What does coralroot mean?
Coralroot means any of several saprophytic orchids of the genus Corallorhiza.
What part of speech is coralroot?
Coralroot is a noun.
What is the plural of coralroot?
The plural of coralroot is coralroots.

Words near coralroot in the dictionary

  1. corallums
  2. corally
  3. coralology
  4. coralomorph
  5. coralporosis
  6. coralroot
  7. coralroots
  8. corals
  9. coralsnake
  10. coralsnakes
  11. Coralville

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