helmetflower

English Thesaurus

1. a poisonous herb native to northern Europe having hooded blue-purple flowers; the dried leaves and roots yield aconite (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	aconite,
definition	:	any of various usually poisonous plants of the genus Aconitum having tuberous roots and palmately lobed leaves and blue or white flowers (noun.plant)

2. any of several orchids of the genus Coryanthes having racemes of a few musky-scented waxy flowers with a helmet-shaped lip process (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	orchid, orchidaceous plant,
definition	:	any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	coryanthes, genus coryanthes,
definition	:	small genus of tropical American epiphytic or lithophytic orchids (noun.plant)

3. a herbaceous plant of the genus Scutellaria which has a calyx that, when inverted, resembles a helmet with its visor raised (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	herb, herbaceous plant,
definition	:	a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests (noun.plant)