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.

Exact synonyms: Chatterbox, Giant Helleborine, Stream Orchid
Group relationships: Epipactis, Genus Epipactis
Generic synonyms: Helleborine

Lexicographical Neighbors of Epipactis Gigantea

Epigaea repens
Epilachna
Epilachna varivestis
Epilobium
Epilobium angustifolium
Epilobium canum canum
Epilobium hirsutum
Epimedium
Epimedium grandiflorum
Epimenides
Epimetheus
Epinephelus
Epinephelus adscensionis
Epinephelus fulvus
Epipactis
Epipactis gigantea
Epipactis helleborine
Epipaleolithic
Epiphany
Epiphany of Our Lord
Epipremnum
Epipremnum aureum
Epirot
Epirote
Epirotes
Epirots
Epirus
Episcia dianthiflora
Episcopal
Episcopal Church

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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