Search Result for "helmet_orchid":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. 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;
[syn: helmet orchid, greenhood]

2. any of several orchids of the genus Coryanthes having racemes of a few musky-scented waxy flowers with a helmet-shaped lip process;
[syn: helmetflower, helmet orchid]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

helmet orchid n 1: 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 [syn: helmet orchid, greenhood] 2: any of several orchids of the genus Coryanthes having racemes of a few musky-scented waxy flowers with a helmet-shaped lip process [syn: helmetflower, helmet orchid]