Noun: stream orchid
- Orchid growing along streams or ponds of western North America having leafy stems and 1 greenish-brown and pinkish flower in the axil of each upper leaf
"Stream orchids thrived along the creek bank";
- chatterbox, giant helleborine, Epipactis gigantea
Derived forms: stream orchids
Type of: helleborine
Part of: Epipactis, genus Epipactis
Encyclopedia: Stream orchid