n. Any of a number of species of orchid of the genera Epipactis and Cephalanthera.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A plant, of the genus Epipactis, natural order Orchideæ.
n. A European orchidaceous plant, Cephalanthera rubra.
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n. any of several small temperate and tropical orchids having mottled or striped leaves and spikes of small yellowish-white flowers in a twisted raceme
n. any of various orchids of the genus Epipactis
n. any of several orchids of the genus Cephalanthera
Word Usage
"There is one other orchid; the exotic broad-leaved helleborine Epipactis helleborine."