tway·blade (tw  bld )n. Any of numerous small terrestrial orchids of the genera Liparis and Listera, having usually two basal leaves and a terminal cluster of greenish or purplish flowers. [Obsolete tway, two (short for Middle English twaine; see twain) + blade (translation of Medieval Latin bifolium, two-leaf).] |
twayblade [ˈtweɪˌbleɪd]
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any terrestrial orchid of the genus Listera, having a basal pair of oval unstalked leaves arranged opposite each other
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of various other orchids with paired basal leaves
[translation of Medieval Latin bifolium having two leaves, from obsolete tway two + blade]
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| Noun | 1. |  twayblade - orchid having a pair of ovate leaves and a long slender raceme of green flowers sometimes tinged red-brown; Europe to central Asiaorchid, orchidaceous plant - any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors genus Listera, Listera - 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 |
| 2. |  twayblade - an orchid of the genus Liparis having a pair of leavesorchid, orchidaceous plant - any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors genus Liparis - genus of terrestrial and epiphytic orchids; pantropical to temperate |
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