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English noun: helmet orchid

1. helmet orchid (plant) any of numerous orchids of the genus Pterostylis having leaves in a basal rosette and green flowers often striped purple or brown or red with the dorsal sepal incurved to form a hood


Synonymsgreenhood


Broader (hypernym)orchid, orchidaceous plant


Member meronymgenus Pterostylis, Pterostylis

2. helmet orchid (plant) any of several orchids of the genus Coryanthes having racemes of a few musky-scented waxy flowers with a helmet-shaped lip process


Synonymshelmetflower


Broader (hypernym)orchid, orchidaceous plant


Member meronymCoryanthes, genus Coryanthes









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