Associations to the word «Twayblade»

Wiktionary

TWAYBLADE, noun. Any of several orchids, of the genera Lipara and Listera, that have a pair of basal leaves.

Dictionary definition

TWAYBLADE, noun. Orchid having a pair of ovate leaves and a long slender raceme of green flowers sometimes tinged red-brown; Europe to central Asia.
TWAYBLADE, noun. An orchid of the genus Liparis having a pair of leaves.

Wise words

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