noun
1. a herbaceous plant of the genus Scutellaria which has a calyx that, when inverted, resembles a helmet with its visor raised
• Syn: ↑skullcap
• Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant
2. any of several orchids of the genus Coryanthes having racemes of a few musky-scented waxy flowers with a helmet-shaped lip process
• Syn: ↑helmet orchid
• Hypernyms: ↑orchid, ↑orchidaceous plant
• Member Holonyms: ↑Coryanthes, ↑genus Coryanthes
3. a poisonous herb native to northern Europe having hooded blue-purple flowers; the dried leaves and roots yield aconite
• Syn: ↑monkshood, ↑helmet flower, ↑Aconitum napellus
• Hypernyms: ↑aconite
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\\ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun : a plant having flowers with helmet-shaped petals or sepals or a flower of such a plant: as
a. : monkshood
b. : skullcap
c. : a tropical American orchid of the genus Coryanthes
Useful english dictionary. 2012.