listera | (n) 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, Syn. genus Listera |
broad-leaved twayblade | (n) small orchid with two elliptic leaves and a slender raceme of small green flowers; western North America, Syn. Listera convallarioides |
lesser twayblade | (n) 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, Syn. Listera cordata |
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, Syn. Listera ovata |