Helleborine Definition

helleborine
noun
  1. any of several small temperate and tropical orchids having mottled or striped leaves and spikes of small yellowish- white flowers in a twisted raceme
  2. any of various orchids of the genus Epipactis
  3. any of several orchids of the genus Cephalanthera

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