twinflower

twinflower
/twin"flow'euhr/, n.
either of two slender, creeping, evergreen, caprifoliaceous plants, Linnaea borealis, of Europe, or L. americana, of North America, having pink or purplish nodding flowers borne in pairs on threadlike stalks.
[1810-20, Amer.; TWIN1 + FLOWER]

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▪ Linnaea borealis
      (Linnaea borealis), evergreen, creeping shrub of the family Caprifoliaceae, native to moist pinelands or cold bogs in northern regions of both hemispheres. It is named for the paired, nodding, bell-like white or pink flowers borne above a mat of small, roundish leaves.

      The fragrant flowers have five green sepals, five petals, and four stamens in two pairs of different length. The americana variety has more tubular flowers, and the longiflora variety has larger leaves and corolla.

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  • twinflower — noun Date: circa 1818 a prostrate subshrub (Linnaea borealis) of the honeysuckle family that is found in cool regions of the northern hemisphere and has fragrant usually pink flowers …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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  • twinflower — twin•flow•er [[t]ˈtwɪnˌflaʊ ər[/t]] n. pln a North American creeping plant, Linnaea americana, of the honeysuckle family, that has nodding flowers borne in pairs • Etymology: 1810–20, amer …   From formal English to slang

  • twinflower — /ˈtwɪnflaʊə/ (say twinflowuh) noun a slender, creeping, evergreen plant, Linnaea borealis, of Europe, or the American L. americana, with pink or purplish nodding flowers borne in pairs on thread like peduncles …  

  • American twinflower — noun similar to the twinflower of northern Europe and Asia • Syn: ↑Linnaea borealis americana • Hypernyms: ↑twinflower, ↑Linnaea borealis • Member Holonyms: ↑Linnaea, ↑genus Linnaea …   Useful english dictionary

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