Meanings
plural twinflowers · alternative twin flower
- Any member of the species Linnaea borealis of woodland subshrubs with opposite evergreen rounded oval leaves and pendulous pink flowers that occur in pairs.
The Twinflower Linnaea borealis is a common plant in the northern Scandinavian forests that Linnaeus encountered on a trip he made through Lapland in 1732.
2020, Keith Kirby, Woodland Flowers, Bloomsbury Publishing, page 39 - Any member of the species Dyschoriste oblongifolia of dicotyledonous flowering plants of the family Acanthaceae, native to coastal plains regions of the United States.
Synonyms: oblongleaf snakeherb
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny member of the species Dyschoriste oblongifolia of dicotyledonous flowering plants of the family Acanthaceae, native to coastal plains regions of the United States.
More synonyms by meaning
nouncreeping evergreen subshrub of the northern parts of Europe and Asia with delicate fragrant tubular bell-shaped usually pink flowers borne in pairs
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
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twinflower. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/twinflower
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