helmet-orchid

Nouns

  • (n) 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 greenhood,
  • (n) any of several orchids of the genus Coryanthes having racemes of a few musky-scented waxy flowers with a helmet-shaped lip process helmetflower,

Synonyms

greenhood helmetflower

Words of close approximity