helleborine

Definitions of helleborine

1. noun

   any of several small temperate and tropical orchids having mottled or striped leaves and spikes of small yellowish-white flowers in a twisted raceme
   synonyms: rattlesnake plantain

   type of:

   orchid, orchidaceous plant

   any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors
2. noun

   any of various orchids of the genus Epipactis
   types:

   Epipactis helleborine

   European orchid with spikes of green and pinkish or purplish flowers

   Epipactis gigantea, chatterbox, giant helleborine, stream orchid

   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

   type of:

   orchid, orchidaceous plant

   any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors
3. noun

   any of several orchids of the genus Cephalanthera
   types:

   Cephalanthera rubra, red helleborine

   orchid of Mediterranean and Asia having a lax spike of bright rose-pink flowers

   type of:

   orchid, orchidaceous plant

   any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors