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ladies' tresses

noun plural but singular or plural in construction

Definition of LADIES' TRESSES

:  any of a widely distributed genus (Spiranthes) of terrestrial orchids with slender often twisted spikes of white irregular flowers
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First Known Use of LADIES' TRESSES

1548

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