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noun
Any of a number of species of orchid of the genera Epipactis and Cephalanthera.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
any of several orchids of the genus Cephalanthera
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: orchid, orchidaceous plant
Narrower terms: red helleborine, Cephalanthera rubra
noun
any of various orchids of the genus Epipactis
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: orchid, orchidaceous plant
Narrower terms: Epipactis helleborine, stream orchid, chatterbox, giant helleborine, Epipactis gigantea
noun
any of several small temperate and tropical orchids having mottled or striped leaves and spikes of small yellowish-white flowers in a twisted raceme
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: rattlesnake plantain
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Broader terms: orchid, orchidaceous plant
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