Twayblade

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Twayblade \Tway"blade`\, n. (Bot.)
     Any one of several orchidaceous plants which have only two
     leaves, as the species of {Listera} and of {Liparis}.
     [Written also {twyblade}.]
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  twayblade
       n 1: orchid having a pair of ovate leaves and a long slender
            raceme of green flowers sometimes tinged red-brown;
            Europe to central Asia [syn: {Listera ovata}]
       2: an orchid of the genus Liparis having a pair of leaves