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UK
/twˈeɪbleɪd/
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NOUN
- orchid having a pair of ovate leaves and a long slender raceme of green flowers sometimes tinged red-brown; Europe to central Asia
- an orchid of the genus Liparis having a pair of leaves
How To Use twayblade In A Sentence
- The large twayblade grows in shady woodlands in loamy soil.
- The name twayblade refers to the pair of oval leaves (two blades) near the base of the plant.
- While with a client last week I visited a patch of heart-leaved twayblades near Bandon.
- Less common species are meadow saxifrage, green-winged orchid, common twayblade and lesser butterfly-orchid.
- Surveys have found close to a thousand heart-leafed twayblades in the lower, wetter areas.
