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LISTERA CORDATA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Synonyms:
lesser twayblade; Listera cordata
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Listera cordata" is a kind of...):
orchid; orchidaceous plant (any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors)
Holonyms ("Listera cordata" is a member of...):
genus 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)