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Definition of Epipactis gigantea

1. Noun. 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.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Epipactis Gigantea

Literary usage of Epipactis gigantea

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

1. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner von Marilaun (1902)
"... for at first sight Epipactis speciosa might easily be taken for Epipactis gigantea, which is a native of North America, or for the Japanese species ..."

2. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences by California Academy of Sciences (1907)
"Epipactis gigantea Dougl., ex Hook., Fl. Bor. Am., ii, 202. Range: " Subalpine regions of the Blue and Rocky Mountains." " Columbia River, Ft. Vancouver. ..."

3. The Canadian Record of Science by Natural History Society of Montreal (1896)
"The only stations given for this species in the last edition of Gray's Manual are Syracuse and Buffalo, NY Epipactis gigantea, Dougl. ..."

4. Zoe: A Biological Journal by Townshend Stith Brandegee, Katharine Layne Brandegee (1908)
"Summit Mt. Chowchilla, 6500 feet. hyperborea R. Br. Crescent Lake. Goodyera Menziesii Lindi. Pine forests at 4500 to 6000 feet. Epipactis gigantea Dougl. ..."

5. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner von Marilaun (1902)
"... for at first sight Epipactis speciosa might easily be taken for Epipactis gigantea, which is a native of North America, or for the Japanese species ..."

6. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences by California Academy of Sciences (1907)
"Epipactis gigantea Dougl., ex Hook., Fl. Bor. Am., ii, 202. Range: " Subalpine regions of the Blue and Rocky Mountains." " Columbia River, Ft. Vancouver. ..."

7. The Canadian Record of Science by Natural History Society of Montreal (1896)
"The only stations given for this species in the last edition of Gray's Manual are Syracuse and Buffalo, NY Epipactis gigantea, Dougl. ..."

8. Zoe: A Biological Journal by Townshend Stith Brandegee, Katharine Layne Brandegee (1908)
"Summit Mt. Chowchilla, 6500 feet. hyperborea R. Br. Crescent Lake. Goodyera Menziesii Lindi. Pine forests at 4500 to 6000 feet. Epipactis gigantea Dougl. ..."

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