Definition of Cephalanthera rubra

1. Noun. Orchid of Mediterranean and Asia having a lax spike of bright rose-pink flowers.

Exact synonyms: Red Helleborine
Group relationships: Cephalanthera, Genus Cephalanthera
Generic synonyms: Helleborine

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cephalanthera Rubra

Centropomidae
Centropomus
Centropristis
Centropristis philadelphica
Centropus
Centropus phasianinus
Centropus sinensis
Centrosema
Centrosema virginianum
Centruroides
Centum
Centunculus
Cephaelis
Cephalanthera
Cephalanthera rubra (current term)
Cephalaspida
Cephalobidae
Cephalochordata
Cephalomyia
Cephalonia
Cephalonian
Cephalopoda
Cephalopterus
Cephalopterus ornatus
Cephalosporium
Cephalotaceae
Cephalotaxaceae
Cephalotaxus
Cephalotus

Literary usage of Cephalanthera rubra

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign (1864)
"This year I collected specimens of our rarest Gloucestershire plant, Cephalanthera rubra, one of which was sent to Mr. Syme. ..."

2. Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society by Horticultural Society of London (1846)
"Cephalanthera rubra (otherwise called Serapias rubra) is said to grow in the woods of Ingleborough, in Yorkshire, and I once saw a weak specimen of it ..."

3. Highways and Byways in Oxford and the Cotswolds by Herbert Arthur Evans, Frederick Landseer Maur Griggs (1905)
"The rare Cephalanthera rubra is a prize only for the initiated, but the commoner Helleborine and a variety of orchises, bee, birds-nest, pyramidal, ..."

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