Greenhood

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

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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

Classifications

per-axis with provenance

Entity Type

Unknown—authoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

4 surface forms

synonym: helmet orchid
plural: Greenhoods
possessive: Greenhood's
pluralpossessive: Greenhoods'

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