RATTLESNAKE PLANTAIN Definition & Meaning

rattlesnake plantain

noun

any of several low, terrestrial orchids, as Goodyera repens, of northern temperate regions, having a basal rosette of leaves with white veins and a one-sided spike of white flowers.

rattlesnake plantain

noun

any of various small temperate and tropical orchids of the genus Goodyera , having mottled or striped leaves and spikes of yellowish-white flowers

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Origin of rattlesnake plantain¹

An Americanism dating back to 1770–80

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Unlike most of its orchid relatives, rattlesnake plantain is almost always appreciated for its exquisitely patterned leaves as opposed to its flowers.

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Some, like “liverwort,” “bloodroot,” “rattlesnake plantain” or even “nipplewort,” leave little to the imagination.

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The rattlesnake plantain is frequently met under the coniferous trees of our northern woods.

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Also the Indian pink, the rattlesnake plantain, the pink snake-mouth, monkshood, bloodroot, pitcher plant, and numerous others that formed a wonderful exhibit which it would take a long time to do justice to.

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To the structural botanist the rattlesnake plantains form an interesting connecting link between orchids of d1stinct forms.

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