NOUN | plant | Epipactis, genus Epipactis | genus of hardy orchids with leafy-bracted racemes of greenish or purplish irregular flowers |
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Meaning | genus of hardy orchids with leafy-bracted racemes of greenish or purplish irregular flowers. | |
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Synonym | genus Epipactis | |
Member of | Orchidaceae, family Orchidaceae, orchid family | enormous cosmopolitan family of perennial terrestrial or epiphytic plants with fleshy tubers or rootstocks / rootstocks and unusual flowers |
Members | Epipactis helleborine | European orchid with spikes of green and pinkish or purplish flowers |
helleborine | Any of various orchids of the genus Epipactis | |
stream orchid, chatterbox, giant helleborine, Epipactis gigantea | 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 | |
Broader | monocot genus, liliopsid genus | genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed |
Spanish | epipactis, genus epipactis | |
Catalan | epipactis, genus epipactis |
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