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lady's-tresses

la·dy's-tress·es
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [ley-deez-tres-iz]
    • /ˈleɪ dizˌtrɛs ɪz/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [ley-deez-tres-iz]
    • /ˈleɪ dizˌtrɛs ɪz/

Definitions of lady's-tresses word

  • noun plural lady's-tresses any orchid of the genus Spiranthes, having spikes of small flowers. 1
  • noun lady's-tresses any of various orchids of the genera Spiranthes or Goodyera, having spikes of small white fragrant flowers 0
  • abbreviation LADY'S-TRESSES ladies'-tresses 0
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Origin of lady's-tresses

First appearance:

before 1540
One of the 30% oldest English words
First recorded in 1540-50

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Parts of speech for Lady's-tresses

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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lady's-tresses popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 3% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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