'Linnaea borealis' definitions:
Definition of 'Linnaea borealis'
From: WordNet
noun
Creeping evergreen subshrub of the northern parts of Europe and Asia with delicate fragrant tubular bell-shaped usually pink flowers borne in pairs [syn: twinflower, Linnaea borealis]
Definition of 'Linnaea borealis'
From: GCIDE
- Linnaea borealis \Lin*n[ae]"a bo`re*a"lis\ (l[i^]n*n[=e]"[.a] b[=o]`r[-e]*[=a]"l[i^]s) n. [NL. Linnaeus Linn[ae]an + L. borealis northern.] (Bot.) The twin flower which grows in cold northern climates. [1913 Webster] Linnean
Definition of 'Linnaea borealis'
From: GCIDE
- Twin \Twin\ (tw[i^]n), a. [OE. twin double, AS. getwinne two and two, pl., twins; akin to D. tweeling a twin, G. zwilling, OHG. zwiniling, Icel. tvennr, tvinnr, two and two, twin, and to AS. twi- two. See Twice, Two.]
- 1. Being one of two born at a birth; as, a twin brother or sister. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Being one of a pair much resembling one another; standing in the relation of a twin to something else; -- often followed by to or with. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Bot.) Double; consisting of two similar and corresponding parts. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Crystallog.) Composed of parts united according to some definite law of twinning. See Twin, n., 4. [1913 Webster]
- Twin boat, or Twin ship (Naut.), a vessel whose deck and upper works rest on two parallel hulls.
- Twin crystal. See Twin, n., 4.
- Twin flower (Bot.), a delicate evergreen plant ({Linnaea borealis}) of northern climates, which has pretty, fragrant, pendulous flowers borne in pairs on a slender stalk.
- Twin-screw steamer, a steam vessel propelled by two screws, one on either side of the plane of the keel. [1913 Webster]