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Definition of Listera
1. Noun. Genus of terrestrial orchids having usually a single pair of broad shining leaves near the middle of the stem; found in temperate Asia and North America and Europe.
Generic synonyms: Liliopsid Genus, Monocot Genus
Group relationships: Family Orchidaceae, Orchid Family, Orchidaceae
Member holonyms: Broad-leaved Twayblade, Listera Convallarioides, Lesser Twayblade, Listera Cordata, Listera Ovata, Twayblade
Lexicographical Neighbors of Listera
Literary usage of Listera
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Various Contrivances by which Orchids are Fertilised by Insects by Charles Darwin (1904)
"... perfect adaptation by which the pollen of a younger flower is carried to the
stigma of an older flower on another plant—Listera ovata; sensitiveness of ..."
2. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of the Progressive by Robert Jameson, Sir William Jardine, Henry D Rogers (1856)
"Listera ovata.—The rostellum of Listera ovata is divided by parallel septa into
a series of longitudinal elongated loculi, which taper from the base upwards ..."
3. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal (1856)
"Listera ovata.—The rostellum of Listera ovata is divided by parallel septa into
a series of longitudinal elongated loculi, which taper from the base upwards ..."
4. On Molecular and Microscopic Science by Mary Somerville (1869)
"fig. 84, c represents a section of the Epipactis, and D is a front view of the
column. Of all the British Orchids, the Listera ovata, or Twayblade (fig. ..."
5. The Orchids of New England: A Popular Monograph by Henry Ives Baldwin (1884)
"With so much that is immediately presented to the eye, how can the Tway- blade,
Listera cordata, tiniest of our Orchids, hope to turn your steps toward her ..."
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