HELMETFLOWER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does helmetflower mean? 

• HELMETFLOWER (noun)
  The noun HELMETFLOWER has 3 senses:

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

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

3. a poisonous herb native to northern Europe having hooded blue-purple flowers; the dried leaves and roots yield aconite

  Familiarity information: HELMETFLOWER used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HELMETFLOWER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A herbaceous plant of the genus Scutellaria which has a calyx that, when inverted, resembles a helmet with its visor raised

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

helmetflower; skullcap

Hypernyms ("helmetflower" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Any of several orchids of the genus Coryanthes having racemes of a few musky-scented waxy flowers with a helmet-shaped lip process

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

helmet orchid; helmetflower

Hypernyms ("helmetflower" is a kind of...):

orchid; orchidaceous plant (any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors)

Holonyms ("helmetflower" is a member of...):

Coryanthes; genus Coryanthes (small genus of tropical American epiphytic or lithophytic orchids)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A poisonous herb native to northern Europe having hooded blue-purple flowers; the dried leaves and roots yield aconite

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Aconitum napellus; helmet flower; helmetflower; monkshood

Hypernyms ("helmetflower" is a kind of...):

aconite (any of various usually poisonous plants of the genus Aconitum having tuberous roots and palmately lobed leaves and blue or white flowers)