helmet orchid

Questions about helmet orchid

What does helmet orchid mean?

helmet orchid means "any of numerous orchids of the genus Pterostylis having leaves in a basal rosette and green flowers often striped purple or brown or red with the dorsal sepal incurved to form a hood". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for helmet orchid?

Close synonyms include greenhood, helmetflower. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is helmet orchid a common word?

helmet orchid is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.