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helleborine
/ ˌhɛlɪˈbɔːriːn /
noun
- any of various N temperate orchids of the genera Cephalanthera and Epipactis
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Word History and Origins
Origin of helleborine1
C16: ultimately from Greek helleborinē a plant resembling hellebore
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Example Sentences
Serapias latifolia, helleborine—in the High Wood under the shady beeches.
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The flowers, too, are fewer than in the Broad-leaved Helleborine, and the raceme is not one-sided.
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This is of course erroneous, but it reminds one of the Helleborine of the ancients, so graphically described by Hahnemann.
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