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nouna continuant consonant produced by breath moving against a narrowing of the vocal tract
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adjectiveof speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then')
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- spiranthes porrifolia similar to Spiranthes romanzoffiana; western United States
- lady's tresses an orchid of the genus Spiranthes having slender often twisted spikes of white flowers
- western ladies' tresses similar to Spiranthes romanzoffiana; western United States
- screw augur an orchid of the genus Spiranthes having tall erect densely flowered spiraling clusters of creamy white vanilla-scented flowers; widely distributed especially in low damp places of eastern and central North America
- spiranthes cernua an orchid of the genus Spiranthes having tall erect densely flowered spiraling clusters of creamy white vanilla-scented flowers; widely distributed especially in low damp places of eastern and central North America
- ladies' tresses an orchid of the genus Spiranthes having slender often twisted spikes of white flowers