Lady's traces \La"dy's tra"ces\, Ladies' tresses \La"dies' tress"es\ (Bot.) A name given to several species of the orchidaceous genus {Spiranthes}, in which the white flowers are set in spirals about a slender axis and remotely resemble braided hair.
ladies' tresses n : an orchid of the genus Spiranthes having slender often twisted spikes of white flowers [syn: {lady's tresses}]