'Ladies' tresses' definitions:
Definition of 'ladies' tresses'
(from WordNet)
noun
An orchid of the genus Spiranthes having slender often twisted spikes of white flowers [syn: ladies' tresses, lady's tresses]
Definition of 'Ladies' tresses'
From: GCIDE
- Lady's traces \La"dy's tra"ces\ (l[=a]"d[i^]z tr[=a]"s[e^]z), Ladies' tresses \La"dies' tress"es\ (l[=a]"d[i^]z tr[e^]s"s[e^]z). n. (Bot.) A name given to several species of the orchidaceous genus Spiranthes, in which the white flowers are set in spirals about a slender axis and remotely resemble braided hair. [1913 Webster]