- helmetflower
- noun1. a herbaceous plant of the genus Scutellaria which has a calyx that, when inverted, resembles a helmet with its visor raised• Syn: ↑skullcap• Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant2. any of several orchids of the genus Coryanthes having racemes of a few musky-scented waxy flowers with a helmet-shaped lip process• Syn: ↑helmet orchid• Hypernyms: ↑orchid, ↑orchidaceous plant• Member Holonyms: ↑Coryanthes, ↑genus Coryanthes3. a poisonous herb native to northern Europe having hooded blue-purple flowers; the dried leaves and roots yield aconite• Syn: ↑monkshood, ↑helmet flower, ↑Aconitum napellus• Hypernyms: ↑aconite
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\\ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun: a plant having flowers with helmet-shaped petals or sepals or a flower of such a plant: asa. : monkshoodb. : skullcapc. : a tropical American orchid of the genus Coryanthes
Useful english dictionary. 2012.