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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

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;


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