helleborine
/ (ˌhɛlɪˈbɔːriːn) /
noun
any of various N temperate orchids of the genera Cephalanthera and Epipactis
Origin of helleborine
1C16: ultimately from Greek helleborinē a plant resembling hellebore
Words Nearby helleborine
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How to use helleborine in a sentence
Serapias latifolia, helleborine—in the High Wood under the shady beeches.
The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 2 | Gilbert WhiteThe flowers, too, are fewer than in the Broad-leaved helleborine, and the raceme is not one-sided.
Field and Woodland Plants | William S. FurneauxThis is of course erroneous, but it reminds one of the helleborine of the ancients, so graphically described by Hahnemann.
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