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GIANT HELLEBORINE
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
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
Synonyms:
chatterbox; Epipactis gigantea; giant helleborine; stream orchid
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("giant helleborine" is a kind of...):
helleborine (any of various orchids of the genus Epipactis)
Holonyms ("giant helleborine" is a member of...):
Epipactis; genus Epipactis (genus of hardy orchids with leafy-bracted racemes of greenish or purplish irregular flowers)