■ noun an orchid with a slender spike of greenish or brownish flowers and a single pair of broad leaves near the base. [ Listera ovata and related species.]
Origin
C16: from tway (var. of twain ) + blade , translating L. bifolium .
TWAYBLADE
Meaning of TWAYBLADE in English
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004