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twayblade

twayb·lade

uncommon

noun

1.

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

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2.

an orchid of the genus Liparis having a pair of leaves

Origin

Alteration of earlier twiblade as if tway + blade.

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