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RED HELLEBORINE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does red helleborine mean?
• RED HELLEBORINE (noun)
The noun RED HELLEBORINE has 1 sense:
1. orchid of Mediterranean and Asia having a lax spike of bright rose-pink flowers
Familiarity information: RED HELLEBORINE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Orchid of Mediterranean and Asia having a lax spike of bright rose-pink flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Cephalanthera rubra; red helleborine
Hypernyms ("red helleborine" is a kind of...):
helleborine (any of several orchids of the genus Cephalanthera)
Holonyms ("red helleborine" is a member of...):
Cephalanthera; genus Cephalanthera (small genus of temperate Old World terrestrial orchids)
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