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Orchid having a pair of ovate leaves and a long slender raceme of green flowers sometimes tinged red-brown
Answer for the clue "Orchid having a pair of ovate leaves and a long slender raceme of green flowers sometimes tinged red-brown ", 9 letters:
twayblade
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Any of several orchids, of the genera (taxlink Lipara genus noshow=1) and (taxlink Listera genus noshow=1), that have a pair of basal leaves.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Twayblade \Tway"blade`\, n. (Bot.) Any one of several orchidaceous plants which have only two leaves, as the species of Listera and of Liparis .
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. 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 ] an orchid of the genus Liparis having a pair of leaves
Usage examples of twayblade.
Twayblade at the county home and find out if she was missing any of her white-haired charges.
Twayblade out at the county old folks' home reports the residents spent a real nice afternoon making turkeys out of pine cones and colored paper to decorate their tables on Thanksgiving.