greenhood

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greenhood - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Greenhead \Green"head\, Greenhood \Green"hood\, n.
     A state of greenness; verdancy. --Chaucer.
     [1913 Webster]

greenhood - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  greenhood
      n 1: any of numerous orchids of the genus Pterostylis having
           leaves in a basal rosette and green flowers often striped
           purple or brown or red with the dorsal sepal incurved to
           form a hood [syn: helmet orchid, greenhood]