n.
1.showy perennial of marshlands of eastern and central North America having waxy lanceolate leaves and flower with lower part creamy white and upper parts pale pink to deep purple
2.cultivated for its shining oblong leaves and arching clusters of white flowers with shell-pink shading and crinkled yellow lip with variegated magenta stripes
Idiom of the Day
conspicuous by one's absence
to have one's absence noticed
The teacher was conspicuous by her absence and everybody asked where she was.