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Meaning of HELMET ORCHID

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 Definition: 
  1. [n]  any of several orchids of the genus Coryanthes having racemes of a few musky-scented waxy flowers with a helmet-shaped lip process
  2. [n]  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
 
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 Synonyms: greenhood, helmetflower
 
 See Also: Coryanthes, genus Coryanthes, genus Pterostylis, orchid, orchidaceous plant, Pterostylis

 

 

 

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