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LISTERA OVATA

• LISTERA OVATA (noun)
The noun LISTERA OVATA has 1 sense:

1. orchid having a pair of ovate leaves and a long slender raceme of green flowers sometimes tinged red-brown; Europe to central Asia

Familiarity information: LISTERA OVATA used as a noun is very rare.

• LISTERA OVATA (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Orchid having a pair of ovate leaves and a long slender raceme of green flowers sometimes tinged red-brown; Europe to central Asia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Listera ovata; twayblade

Hypernyms ("Listera ovata" 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 ovata" 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)

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