Greenhood

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

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

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  greenhood
       n : 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}]