| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| adder's-mouth |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ad·der's-mouth |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  d  rz-mouth |
| 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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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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