LESSER TWAYBLADE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lesser twayblade mean? 

• LESSER TWAYBLADE (noun)
  The noun LESSER TWAYBLADE has 1 sense:

1. orchid having two triangular leaves and a short lax raceme of green to rust-colored flowers with the lip flushed mauve; Europe and Asia and North America and Greenland

  Familiarity information: LESSER TWAYBLADE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LESSER TWAYBLADE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Orchid having two triangular leaves and a short lax raceme of green to rust-colored flowers with the lip flushed mauve; Europe and Asia and North America and Greenland

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

lesser twayblade; Listera cordata

Hypernyms ("lesser twayblade" is a kind of...):

orchid; orchidaceous plant (any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors)

Holonyms ("lesser twayblade" is a member of...):

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)