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LISTERA CONVALLARIOIDES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Listera convallarioides mean?
• LISTERA CONVALLARIOIDES (noun)
The noun LISTERA CONVALLARIOIDES has 1 sense:
1. small orchid with two elliptic leaves and a slender raceme of small green flowers; western North America
Familiarity information: LISTERA CONVALLARIOIDES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• LISTERA CONVALLARIOIDES (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small orchid with two elliptic leaves and a slender raceme of small green flowers; western North America
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
broad-leaved twayblade; Listera convallarioides
Hypernyms ("Listera convallarioides" 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 convallarioides" 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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