| NOUN | plant | Pterostylis, genus Pterostylis | genus of terrestrial orchids of Australia and New Zealand and western Pacific |
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| Meaning | genus of terrestrial orchids of Australia and New Zealand and western Pacific. | |
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| Synonym | genus Pterostylis | |
| 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 | helmet orchid, greenhood | 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 |
| Broader | monocot genus, liliopsid genus | genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed |
| Spanish | genus pterostylis, pterostylis | |
| Catalan | genus pterostylis, pterostylis | |
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