Greenhood

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any of the genus Pterostylis of orchids of Australasia and the southwest Pacific.

    "Gott found that after harvesting the greenhoods, 75 per cent of the pre-harvest density was restored within fourteen months."

  2. 2
    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 wordnet

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helmet orchidhelmet orchid

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"Gott found that after harvesting the greenhoods, 75 per cent of the pre-harvest density was restored within fourteen months."

Etymology

From green + hood.

Related phrases

shy greenhood

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