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Linnaea

noun

one species: twinflower

• Syn: ↑genus Linnaea

• Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Caprifoliaceae, ↑family Caprifoliaceae, ↑honeysuckle family

• Member Meronyms: ↑twinflower, ↑Linnaea borealis, ↑American twinflower, ↑Linnaea borealis americana

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\\lə̇ˈnēə\ noun

Etymology: New Latin, from Carolus Linnaeus (Latinized form of Carl von Linné) died 1778 Swedish botanist

1. capitalized : a monotypic genus of creeping evergreen subshrubs (family Caprifoliaceae) of the northern parts of both hemispheres with small exstipulate leaves and the flowers borne in pairs at the end of elongated peduncles and having the corolla campanulate — see twinflower

2. -s : a plant of the genus Linnaea

Useful english dictionary. 2012.