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Any one of several orchidaceous plants which have only two leaves, as the species of Listera and of Liparis.

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  1. n. Any one of several orchidaceous plants which have only two leaves, as the species of Listera and of Liparis.
  2. n. orchid having a pair of ovate leaves and a long slender raceme of green flowers sometimes tinged red-brown; Europe to central Asia
  3. n. an orchid of the genus Liparis having a pair of leaves
  4. n orchid having a pair of ovate leaves and a long slender raceme of green flowers sometimes tinged red-brown; Europe to central Asia n an orchid of the genus Liparis having a pair of leaves