1.
[syn: twayblade, Listera ovata]
2. an orchid of the genus Liparis having a pair of leaves;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Twayblade \Tway"blade`\, n. (Bot.)
Any one of several orchidaceous plants which have only two
leaves, as the species of Listera and of Liparis.
[Written also twyblade.]
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
twayblade
n 1: orchid having a pair of ovate leaves and a long slender
raceme of green flowers sometimes tinged red-brown; Europe
to central Asia [syn: twayblade, Listera ovata]
2: an orchid of the genus Liparis having a pair of leaves