NOUN | plant | genus Cephalanthera, Cephalanthera | small genus of temperate Old World terrestrial orchids |
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Meaning | small genus of temperate Old World terrestrial orchids. | |
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Synonym | Cephalanthera | |
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 | helleborine | Any of several orchids of the genus Cephalanthera |
red helleborine, Cephalanthera rubra | orchid of Mediterranean and Asia having a lax spike of bright rose-pink flowers | |
Broader | monocot genus, liliopsid genus | genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed |
Spanish | cephalanthera, genus cephalanthera | |
Catalan | cephalanthera, genus cephalanthera |
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