ˈcoral-root
[transl. of Ruppius's name Corallorhiza.]
A book-name of the orchideous plant Corallorhiza.
| 1854 S. Thomson Wild Fl. iii. (ed. 4) 138 One of the orchis family, the spurless coral-root, found only in a very few situations in Scotland. 1883 R. Turner in Gd. Words Dec. 791/2 The Coral root and..Epipogium..are of a similar saprophytic character. |
¶ Sometimes erroneously used for coralwort.
| 1866 Treas. Bot., Coral-root..sometimes applied to Dentaria bulbifera. |