Helleborine

Word HELLEBORINE
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Definitions and meanings of "Helleborine"

What do we mean by helleborine?

Any of various orchids chiefly of the genus Epipactis, especially E. helleborine of Eurasia, having small greenish or purplish flowers and widely naturalized in North America. noun

A plant, of the genus Epipactis, natural order Orchideæ. noun

A European orchidaceous plant, Cephalanthera rubra. noun

Any of a number of species of orchid of the genera Epipactis and Cephalanthera. noun

Any of several small temperate and tropical orchids having mottled or striped leaves and spikes of small yellowish-white flowers in a twisted raceme noun

Any of various orchids of the genus Epipactis noun

Any of several orchids of the genus Cephalanthera noun

Any of a number of species of orchid of the genera Epipactis and Cephalanthera.

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The word "helleborine" in example sentences

There is one other orchid; the exotic broad-leaved helleborine Epipactis helleborine. ❋ Marielle Anzelone (2011)

After the pink flash of cyclamen I went looking for violet helleborine – one of the strangest orchids of the Edge – on bare wild garlic slopes under the trees. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Other plants include giant helleborine orchid Epipactis gigantea, button cactus Epithelantha micromeris, Guadalupe jewelflower Streptanthus sparsiflorus, Havard's gumweed Grindelia havardii and resurrection plant Selaginella pilifera. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Epipactis helleborine and Lilium pilosiusculum are listed as rare species for Siberia. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The crane's-bill has a word for the gnat; the helleborine fills her goblet only for the wasp; the yellow iris calls to the honey-fly; the meadow saffron's veined cup is for the bee. ❋ Unknown (1917)

It is a Vivian crowned with nightshade and helleborine, leading with soft allurements to a country whose shores are of vanishing mist. ❋ Unknown (1917)

The white helleborine (_Cephalanthera pallens_), the dwarf orchis (_Orchis ustulata_), and the musk orchis (_Herminium monorchis_) occur on the ❋ Herbert Winckworth Tompkins (1901)

The rarer orchids of the district are the bog-orchis (_Malaxis paludosa_), the narrow-leaved helleborine (_Cephalanthera ensifolia_), and the butterfly orchis ❋ Herbert Winckworth Tompkins (1901)

Epipactis Grandiflora; while helleborine and the curious and capricious tooth-wort, Spiraea Filipendula or drop-wort, Gentiana ❋ Charlotte Mary Yonge (1862)

Lindisfarne helleborine, a wild orchid which can grow to 2ft tall, and of which there are just ❋ Caroline Davies (2011)

_Serapias latifolia_, helleborine -- in the High Wood under the shady beeches. ❋ Gilbert White (1756)

The beauty spot is one of the few areas in the UK where the white-flowered narrow-leafed helleborine orchid is growing wild. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The red helleborine, that used to be called 'the queen of the Cotswolds', is rarely seen in the county and the fen orchid is also down to one site. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The giant helleborine, however, is more widespread. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Eastwood's monkeyflower and the giant helleborine orchid are rare in Colorado where they grow in hanging gardens - the name given to crevices in shady sandstone cliffs that host the flowers, which are nourished by water seeps. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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