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GREENHOOD
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
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
Synonyms:
greenhood; helmet orchid
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("greenhood" is a kind of...):
orchid; orchidaceous plant (any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors)
Holonyms ("greenhood" is a member of...):
genus Pterostylis; Pterostylis (genus of terrestrial orchids of Australia and New Zealand and western Pacific)
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