HyperDic: pterostylis

English > 1 sense of the word Pterostylis:
NOUNplantPterostylis, genus Pterostylisgenus of terrestrial orchids of Australia and New Zealand and western Pacific
English > Pterostylis: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaninggenus of terrestrial orchids of Australia and New Zealand and western Pacific.
Synonymgenus Pterostylis
Member ofOrchidaceae, family Orchidaceae, orchid familyenormous cosmopolitan family of perennial terrestrial or epiphytic plants with fleshy tubers or rootstocks / rootstocks and unusual flowers
Membershelmet orchid, greenhoodAny 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
Broadermonocot genus, liliopsid genusgenus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
Spanishgenus pterostylis, pterostylis
Catalangenus pterostylis, pterostylis

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