noun
genus of hardy orchids with leafy-bracted racemes of greenish or purplish irregular flowers
• Syn: ↑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
Useful english dictionary. 2012.