Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun helmetflower

3 senses of helmetflower

Sense 1
skullcap, helmetflower -- (a herbaceous plant of the genus Scutellaria which has a calyx that, when inverted, resembles a helmet with its visor raised)
       => herb, herbaceous plant -- (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Sense 2
helmetflower, helmet orchid -- (any of several orchids of the genus Coryanthes having racemes of a few musky-scented waxy flowers with a helmet-shaped lip process)
       => orchid, orchidaceous plant -- (any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors)

Sense 3
monkshood, helmetflower, helmet flower, Aconitum napellus -- (a poisonous herb native to northern Europe having hooded blue-purple flowers; the dried leaves and roots yield aconite)
       => aconite -- (any of various usually poisonous plants of the genus Aconitum having tuberous roots and palmately lobed leaves and blue or white flowers)