helleborine

hel·le·bo·rine

 (hĕl′ə-bə-rīn′, hə-lĕ′ə-rĭn)

n.

Any of various orchids chiefly of the genus Epipactis, especially E. helleborine of Eurasia, having small greenish or purplish flowers and widely naturalized in North America.

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[Latin elleborinē, from Greek : elleboros, Ionic dialectal variant of helleboros, hellebore (from the resemblance of the orchids' flowers to those of Veratrum album, the white hellebore); see hellebore + -inē, feminine of -inos, -ine, adj. suff.]

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helleborine

(ˌhɛlɪˈbɔːriːn)

n

(Plants) any of various N temperate orchids of the genera Cephalanthera and Epipactis

[C16: ultimately from Greek helleborinē a plant resembling hellebore]

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	helleborine - 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 orchid, orchidaceous plant - any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors genus Goodyera, Goodyera - genus of small orchids of the northern hemisphere with creeping rhizomes and stalked ovate leaves and small flowers
	2.	helleborine - any of various orchids of the genus Epipactis orchid, orchidaceous plant - any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors Epipactis, genus Epipactis - genus of hardy orchids with leafy-bracted racemes of greenish or purplish irregular flowers Epipactis helleborine - European orchid with spikes of green and pinkish or purplish flowers chatterbox, Epipactis gigantea, 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
	3.	helleborine - any of several orchids of the genus Cephalanthera orchid, orchidaceous plant - any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors Cephalanthera, genus Cephalanthera - small genus of temperate Old World terrestrial orchids Cephalanthera rubra, red helleborine - orchid of Mediterranean and Asia having a lax spike of bright rose-pink flowers

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