| NOUN | plant | helleborine, rattlesnake plantain | any of several small temperate and tropical orchids having mottled or striped leaves and spikes of small yellowish-white flowers in a twisted raceme |
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| plant | helleborine | any of various orchids of the genus Epipactis | |
| plant | helleborine | any of several orchids of the genus Cephalanthera |
| Meaning | Any of several small temperate and tropical orchids having mottled or striped leaves and spikes of small yellowish-white flowers in a twisted raceme. | |
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| Synonym | rattlesnake plantain | |
| Member of | Goodyera, genus Goodyera | genus of small orchids of the northern hemisphere with creeping rhizomes and stalked ovate leaves and small flowers |
| Broader | orchid, orchidaceous plant | Any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors |
| Meaning | Any of various orchids of the genus Epipactis. | |
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| Member of | Epipactis, genus Epipactis | genus of hardy orchids with leafy-bracted racemes of greenish or purplish irregular flowers |
| Narrower | Epipactis helleborine | European orchid with spikes of green and pinkish or purplish flowers |
| 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 | orchid, orchidaceous plant | Any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors |
| Meaning | Any of several orchids of the genus Cephalanthera. | |
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| Member of | Cephalanthera, genus Cephalanthera | small genus of temperate Old World terrestrial orchids |
| Narrower | red helleborine, Cephalanthera rubra | orchid of Mediterranean and Asia having a lax spike of bright rose-pink flowers |
| Broader | orchid, orchidaceous plant | Any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors |
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