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Meaning of TWAYBLADE

Pronunciation:  'twey`bleyd

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  an orchid of the genus Liparis having a pair of leaves
  2. [n]  orchid having a pair of ovate leaves and a long slender raceme of green flowers sometimes tinged red-brown; Europe to central Asia
 
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 Synonyms: Listera ovata
 
 See Also: genus Liparis, genus Listera, Listera, orchid, orchidaceous plant

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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}.]
 
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