English Dictionary

ladies' tresses

名詞

複数形 複数形のみ

Any of several species of the orchidaceous genus Spiranthes, in which the white flowers are set in spirals around a slender axis and remotely resemble braided hair.

日本語の意味

白い花が細い軸に螺旋状に配置され、三つ編みのように見えるラン科（スピラントス属）の数種の植物

While hiking through the marsh at dawn, I paused to admire the ladies' tresses clustered along the path, their delicate spirals of tiny white flowers gleaming with dew.

夜明けの湿地を歩いていると、道沿いに群生するスピランテス属のランに見惚れ、繊細ならせん状の小さな白い花が露にきらめいていた。

意味（1）

Any of several species of the orchidaceous genus Spiranthes, in which the white flowers are set in spirals around a slender axis and remotely resemble braided hair.