genus listera

Noun
  1. 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 (synset 112091451)
    is a type of: liliopsid genus, monocot genus - genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
    member holonym:
    • broad-leaved twayblade, listera convallarioides - small orchid with two elliptic leaves and a slender raceme of small green flowers; western North America
    • lesser twayblade, listera cordata - 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
    • listera ovata, twayblade - orchid having a pair of ovate leaves and a long slender raceme of green flowers sometimes tinged red-brown; Europe to central Asia
    belongs to: family orchidaceae, orchid family, orchidaceae - enormous cosmopolitan family of perennial terrestrial or epiphytic plants with fleshy tubers or rootstocks and unusual flowers
    same as: listera

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