HyperDic: greenhood

English > 1 sense of the word *greenhood*:
NOUN	plant	greenhood, helmet orchid	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

English > *greenhood*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	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.
Synonym	helmet orchid
Member of	Pterostylis, genus Pterostylis	genus of terrestrial orchids of Australia and New Zealand and western Pacific
Broader	orchid, orchidaceous plant	Any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors