rattlesnake orchid(n = noun.plant) - any of various orchids of the genus Pholidota having numerous white to brown flowers in spiraling racemes clothed in slightly inflated bracts and resembling a rattlesnake's tail;
is a kind of orchid, orchidaceous plant
is a member of genus pholidota, pholidota

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