Associations to the word «Helleborine»

Wiktionary

HELLEBORINE, noun. Any of a number of species of orchid of the genera Epipactis and Cephalanthera.
HELLEBORINE, proper noun. (obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Orchidaceae   — a formerly recognized genus of flowering plants, now absorbed into Epipactis and Calopogon.

Dictionary definition

HELLEBORINE, noun. Any of several small temperate and tropical orchids having mottled or striped leaves and spikes of small yellowish-white flowers in a twisted raceme.
HELLEBORINE, noun. Any of various orchids of the genus Epipactis.
HELLEBORINE, noun. Any of several orchids of the genus Cephalanthera.

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