…a structure or place made or chosen by a bird for laying eggs and sheltering its young…
…a North American brownish or yellowish flowering plant of the wintergreen family, with scalelike leaves. The bird’s-nest is a saprophyte that lacks chlorophyll. Also called giant bird’s-nest…
…a shelter or platform fixed near the top of the mast of a vessel as a place for a lookout to stand…
…do something damaging or harmful to oneself or one’s own interests…
…a fluffy-haired gregarious Australian rat that builds nests of interwoven sticks…
…a European woodland orchid that lacks chlorophyll, the whole plant being yellowish-brown. It obtains nourishment by linking its nestlike mass of thick roots to a soil-dwelling fungus from which it absorbs nutrients…
…a Chinese soup made from the dried gelatinous coating of the nests of swifts and other birds…
…a small Asian swift whose nest, constructed from solidified saliva, is used to make Chinese bird’s-nest soup…
…a fungus of worldwide distribution that grows on dead wood and other plant debris. It produces a small bowl-shaped fruiting body that opens to reveal egg-shaped organs containing the spores…
…a North American brownish or yellowish flowering plant of the wintergreen family, with scalelike leaves. The bird’s-nest is a saprophyte that lacks chlorophyll. Also called giant bird’s-nest…
