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noun
Any of various orchids with helmet-shaped flowers, of genera Coryanthes, Corybas, Cranichis, Nematoceras, and Pterostylis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
any of several orchids of the genus Coryanthes having racemes of a few musky-scented waxy flowers with a helmet-shaped lip process
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: helmetflower
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Broader terms: orchid, orchidaceous plant
noun
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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: greenhood
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Broader terms: orchid, orchidaceous plant
History
Calque of translingual Corybas, though an incorrect calque, as the taxonomic name is from Ancient Greek Κορῠ́βᾱς (Korŭ́bās), not κόρῠς (kórŭs, “helmet”).
