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单词 twayblade
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
tway•blade  (twāblād′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Plant Biologyany of various orchids, esp. of the genera Listera and Liparis, characterized by two nearly opposite broad leaves.
  • dialect, dialectal tway (apocopated form of Old English twēgen twain) + blade 1570–80

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
twayblade /ˈtweɪˌbleɪd/ n
  1. any terrestrial orchid of the genus Listera, having a basal pair of oval unstalked leaves arranged opposite each other
  2. any of various other orchids with paired basal leaves
Etymology: 16th Century: translation of Medieval Latin bifolium having two leaves, from obsolete tway two + blade
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