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
swear on (something)
to use something as the reason or authority that what you are saying is the truth
The accused criminal was asked to swear on a religious text at the trial to make sure that he was telling the truth.