helmet orchid

Noun	1.	helmet orchid - 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 greenhood orchid, orchidaceous plant - any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors genus Pterostylis, Pterostylis - genus of terrestrial orchids of Australia and New Zealand and western Pacific
	2.	helmet orchid - any of several orchids of the genus Coryanthes having racemes of a few musky-scented waxy flowers with a helmet-shaped lip process helmetflower orchid, orchidaceous plant - any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors Coryanthes, genus Coryanthes - small genus of tropical American epiphytic or lithophytic orchids

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