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Definition of Twayblade
1. Noun. Orchid having a pair of ovate leaves and a long slender raceme of green flowers sometimes tinged red-brown; Europe to central Asia.
Generic synonyms: Orchid, Orchidaceous Plant
Group relationships: Genus Listera, Listera
2. Noun. An orchid of the genus Liparis having a pair of leaves.
Definition of Twayblade
1. n. Any one of several orchidaceous plants which have only two leaves, as the species of Listera and of Liparis.
Definition of Twayblade
1. Noun. Any of several orchids, of the genera ''Lipara'' and ''Listera'', that have a pair of basal leaves ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Twayblade
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Medical Definition of Twayblade
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Twayblade
| tway twayblade (current term) twayblades tways twazzock twazzocks twdt tweag tweaging tweakable | tweakage tweaked tweaker tweakers tweakier |
Literary usage of Twayblade
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"Bog twayblade; Fen orchid; Yellow twayblade Herbaceous perennial Bogs, fens, ...
Southern twayblade Herbaceous perennial Bog edges, in sphagnum. ..."
2. Our Native Orchids: A Series of Drawings from Nature of All the Species by William Hamilton Gibson, Helena Dewey Leeming Jelliffe (1905)
"THE Lily-leafed twayblade is the translated common name that is more often given
to this species than the name Large twayblade. It is only large when near ..."
3. Southern Wild Flowers and Trees: Together with Shrubs, Vines and Various by Alice Lounsberry (1901)
"Nearly to the base it is cleft into two linear segments. The two opposite leaves
below the raceme are ovate and lustrous. LARGE twayblade. ..."
4. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1898)
"THE twayblade IN CULTIVATION. p/ of the flower is the lip, which is a remarkable
development of one of the inner perianth-segments; it forms the well-known ..."
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