Cephalanthera

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Cephalanthera - small genus of temperate Old World terrestrial orchidsgenus Cephalantheraliliopsid genus, monocot genus - genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seedfamily Orchidaceae, orchid family, Orchidaceae - enormous cosmopolitan family of perennial terrestrial or epiphytic plants with fleshy tubers or rootstocks and unusual flowershelleborine - any of several orchids of the genus CephalantheraCephalanthera rubra, red helleborine - orchid of Mediterranean and Asia having a lax spike of bright rose-pink flowers