epipactis
- n genus of hardy orchids with leafy-bracted racemes of greenish or purplish irregular flowers
epipactis gigantea
- n 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
epipactis helleborine
- n European orchid with spikes of green and pinkish or purplish flowers
epipaleolithic
- n middle part of the Stone Age beginning about 15,000 years ago
epiphany
- n a divine manifestation
- n twelve days after Christmas; celebrates the visit of the three wise men to the infant Jesus
epiphany of our lord
- n twelve days after Christmas; celebrates the visit of the three wise men to the infant Jesus
epiphenomenon
- n a secondary phenomenon that is a by-product of another phenomenon