aromatic potherb used in cookery for its savory qualities | a herbaceous plant of the genus Scutellaria which has a calyx that, when inverted, resembles a helmet with its visor raised |
a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests | a poisonous herb native to northern Europe having hooded blue-purple flowers; the dried leaves and roots yield aconite |
| any of several orchids of the genus Coryanthes having racemes of a few musky-scented waxy flowers with a helmet-shaped lip process |