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Epipactis

noun

genus of hardy orchids with leafy-bracted racemes of greenish or purplish irregular flowers

• Syn: ↑genus Epipactis

• Hypernyms: ↑monocot genus, ↑liliopsid genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Orchidaceae, ↑family Orchidaceae, ↑orchid family

• Member Meronyms: ↑helleborine, ↑Epipactis helleborine, ↑stream orchid, ↑chatterbox, ↑giant helleborine, ↑Epipactis gigantea

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\\ˌepəˈpaktə̇s\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek epipaktis rupturewort

: a genus of orchids with simple stems, plicate clasping leaves, and greenish or purplish irregular flowers in leafy-bracted racemes

Useful english dictionary. 2012.