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helleborine

DEFINITIONS OF: helleborine

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n any of several small temperate and tropical orchids having mottled or striped leaves and spikes of small yellowish-white flowers in a twisted raceme

Synonyms:
rattlesnake plantain
Type of:
orchid, orchidaceous plant
any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors

n any of various orchids of the genus Epipactis

Types:
Epipactis helleborine
European orchid with spikes of green and pinkish or purplish flowers
Epipactis gigantea, chatterbox, giant helleborine, stream orchid
orchid growing along streams or ponds of western North America having leafy stems and 1 greenish-brown and pinkish flower in the axil of each upper leaf
Type of:
orchid, orchidaceous plant
any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors

n any of several orchids of the genus Cephalanthera

Types:
Cephalanthera rubra, red helleborine
orchid of Mediterranean and Asia having a lax spike of bright rose-pink flowers
Type of:
orchid, orchidaceous plant
any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors
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