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HELMETFLOWER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A poisonous herb native to northern Europe having hooded blue-purple flowers; the dried leaves and roots yield aconite
Synonyms:
Aconitum napellus; helmet flower; helmetflower; monkshood
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("helmetflower" is a kind of...):
aconite (any of various usually poisonous plants of the genus Aconitum having tuberous roots and palmately lobed leaves and blue or white flowers)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Any of several orchids of the genus Coryanthes having racemes of a few musky-scented waxy flowers with a helmet-shaped lip process
Synonyms:
helmet orchid; helmetflower
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("helmetflower" 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 ("helmetflower" is a member of...):
Coryanthes; genus Coryanthes (small genus of tropical American epiphytic or lithophytic orchids)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A herbaceous plant of the genus Scutellaria which has a calyx that, when inverted, resembles a helmet with its visor raised
Synonyms:
helmetflower; skullcap
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("helmetflower" is a kind of...):
herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)