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twayblade

(n): 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 months ago reesetee said:

What a delightful word. :-)

2 months ago yarb said:

...a fringe of alder, many grasses, cattails, sweet-flags, and a few purple-lipped twayblades...

- Nabokov, Ada, or Ardor.

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