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English noun: helleborine

1. helleborine (plant) any of several small temperate and tropical orchids having mottled or striped leaves and spikes of small yellowish-white flowers in a twisted raceme


Synonymsrattlesnake plantain


Broader (hypernym)orchid, orchidaceous plant


Member meronymgenus Goodyera, Goodyera

2. helleborine (plant) any of various orchids of the genus Epipactis


Broader (hypernym)orchid, orchidaceous plant


Narrower (hyponym)chatterbox, Epipactis gigantea, Epipactis helleborine, giant helleborine, stream orchid


Member meronymEpipactis, genus Epipactis

3. helleborine (plant) any of several orchids of the genus Cephalanthera


Broader (hypernym)orchid, orchidaceous plant


Narrower (hyponym)Cephalanthera rubra, red helleborine


Member meronymCephalanthera, genus Cephalanthera









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