ˈtrifərə, -rīf- noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from tri- + -phora; from the fact that it usually bears three flowers
: a genus of American terrestrial orchids having fleshy tubers, ovate usually clasping leaves, axillary flowers that have an erect lip but are crestless and spurless, and fruit that is a drooping capsule — see nodding cap