twayblade

tway·blade

T0432700 (twā′blād′)n. Any of various small terrestrial orchids of the genera Liparis and Listera, having usually two basal leaves and a terminal cluster of greenish or purplish flowers.

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[Obsolete tway, two (short for Middle English twaine; see twain) + blade (translation of Medieval Latin bifolium, two-leaf).]

twayblade

(ˈtweɪˌbleɪd) n1. (Plants) any terrestrial orchid of the genus Listera, having a basal pair of oval unstalked leaves arranged opposite each other2. (Plants) any of various other orchids with paired basal leaves[C16: translation of Medieval Latin bifolium having two leaves, from obsolete tway two + blade]

tway•blade

(ˈtweɪˌbleɪd)

n. any of various terrestrial orchids, esp. of the genera Listera and Liparis, having two nearly opposite broad leaves. [1570–80; dial. tway (apocopated form of Old English twēgen twain) + blade]

Thesaurus

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 AsiaListera ovataorchid, orchidaceous plant - any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colorsgenus 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 colorsgenus Liparis - genus of terrestrial and epiphytic orchids; pantropical to temperate