ˌ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun plural but singular or plural in construction
or dead-men's-fingers
1. : any of several European orchids (genus Orchis ) having pale digitate roots (especially O. mascula, O. maculata, O. latifolia, and O. morio )
2. : any of several other plants: as
a. : bird's-foot trefoil 1a
b. : cuckoopint
c. : meadow foxtail grass
3. : the fruiting bodies of fungi of the genus Xylaria (especially X. polymorpha )
4.
a. : a fleshy alcyonarian ( Alcyonium digitatum ) usually lobed or digitate in form
b. : a white or grayish digitately branching sponge ( Chalina arbuscula ) of the Atlantc coast
5. : dead man 1