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Twayblade

Noun

tway=blade

WORDNET DICTIONARY

twayblade(n = noun.plant) listera ovata - orchid having a pair of ovate leaves and a long slender raceme of green flowers sometimes tinged red-brown; Europe to central Asia; Array

is a kind of orchid, orchidaceous plant

is a member of genus listera, listera

twayblade(n = noun.plant) Array - an orchid of the genus Liparis having a pair of leaves; Array

is a member of genus liparis

Twayblade, n.

Any one of several orchidaceous plants which have only two leaves, as the species of Listera and of Liparis. [1913 Webster]

Twayblade, n. any orchid of the genus Listera etc., with green or purple flowers and a single pair of leaves.

Etymology

tway var. of TWAIN + BLADE

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