greenhood

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green +‎ hood

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greenhood (plural greenhoods)

  1. Any of the genus Pterostylis of orchids of Australasia and the southwest Pacific. [from 20th c.]
    • 2018, Bruce Pascoe, Dark Emu, Scribe, published 2020, page 24:
      Gott found that after harvesting the greenhoods, 75 per cent of the pre-harvest density was restored within fourteen months.

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