linnaea : Idioms & Phrases

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genus linnaea

  • noun one species: twinflower
    Linnaea.
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linnaea borealis

  • noun creeping evergreen subshrub of the northern parts of Europe and Asia with delicate fragrant tubular bell-shaped usually pink flowers borne in pairs
    twinflower.
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Lin*næ"a bo`re*a"lis (Also<
  • Linnaea borealis
  • Linnæa borealis
)
Etymology
NL.Linnaeus Linnæan + L. borealis northern.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) The twin flower which grows in cold northern climates.
Webster 1913

linnaea borealis americana

  • noun similar to the twinflower of northern Europe and Asia
    American twinflower.
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