listera : Idioms & Phrases
genus listera
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noun 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
Listera.
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listera convallarioides
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noun small orchid with two elliptic leaves and a slender raceme of small green flowers; western North America
broad-leaved twayblade.
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listera cordata
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noun orchid having two triangular leaves and a short lax raceme of green to rust-colored flowers with the lip flushed mauve; Europe and Asia and North America and Greenland
lesser twayblade.
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listera ovata
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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
twayblade.
