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Noun: greenhood
  1. Any of numerous orchids of the genus Pterostylis having leaves in a basal rosette and green flowers often striped purple, brown or red with the dorsal sepal incurved to form a hood
    - helmet orchid

Derived forms: greenhoods

Type of: orchid, orchidaceous plant

Part of: genus Pterostylis, Pterostylis

Encyclopedia: Greenhood

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