helleborine
helleborine · helleborines
Stendelwurz, Waldvögelein
céphalanthère
kruszczyk, buławnik
Any of a number of species of orchid of the genera Epipactis and CephalantheraAny of a number of species of orchid of the genera Epipactis and Cephalanthera.
Translations
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By meaning 2
orchid of the genus Epipactis:
orchid of the genus Cephalanthera:
Meaning
1 sensesAny of a number of species of orchid of the genera Epipactis and Cephalanthera.
Stendelwurz, Waldvögelein
More definitions
- any of several small temperate and tropical orchids having mottled or striped leaves and spikes of small yellowish-white flowers in a twisted raceme
- any of various orchids of the genus Epipactis
- any of several orchids of the genus Cephalanthera
Forms
plural: helleborines| Singular | helleborine |
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regular
Synonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- any of several small temperate and tropical orchids having mottled or striped leaves and spikes of small yellowish-white flowers in a twisted raceme:rattlesnake plantain
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedhellebore
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.