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twayblade

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
tway-blade
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several orchids, of the genera Neottia (syn. Listera) and Liparis, that have a pair of basal leaves.

Etymology

Alteration of earlier twiblade as if tway + blade.

Inflected Forms

twayblades (plural) twiblade (alternative) twyblade (alternative)

Phrases

Appalachian twayblade auricled twayblade bog twayblade broad-leaved twayblade broad-lipped twayblade common twayblade eggleaf twayblade heartleaf twayblade

Synonyms

listera ovata

Questions

What does twayblade mean?
Any of several orchids, of the genera Neottia (syn. Listera) and Liparis, that have a pair of basal leaves.
Where does twayblade come from?
Alteration of earlier twiblade as if tway + blade.

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