TWAYBLADE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does twayblade mean? 

• TWAYBLADE (noun)
  The noun TWAYBLADE has 2 senses:

1. orchid having a pair of ovate leaves and a long slender raceme of green flowers sometimes tinged red-brown; Europe to central Asia

2. an orchid of the genus Liparis having a pair of leaves

  Familiarity information: TWAYBLADE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TWAYBLADE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Orchid having a pair of ovate leaves and a long slender raceme of green flowers sometimes tinged red-brown; Europe to central Asia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Listera ovata; twayblade

Hypernyms ("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 ("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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An orchid of the genus Liparis having a pair of leaves

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("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 ("twayblade" is a member of...):

genus Liparis (genus of terrestrial and epiphytic orchids; pantropical to temperate)