genus Epipactis

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1.genus Epipactis - genus of hardy orchids with leafy-bracted racemes of greenish or purplish irregular flowersEpipactisliliopsid 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 various orchids of the genus EpipactisEpipactis helleborine - European orchid with spikes of green and pinkish or purplish flowerschatterbox, Epipactis gigantea, giant helleborine, stream orchid - orchid growing along streams or ponds of western North America having leafy stems and 1 greenish-brown and pinkish flower in the axil of each upper leaf