Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Linnaea borealis \Lin*n[ae]"a bo`re*a"lis\ (l[i^]n*n[=e]"[.a]
b[=o]`r[-e]*[=a]"l[i^]s). [NL. Linnaeus Linn[ae]an + L.
borealis northern.] (Bot.)
The twin flower which grows in cold northern climates.
Twin \Twin\, 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.
2. Being one of a pair much resembling one another; standing
the relation of a twin to something else; -- often
followed by to or with. --Shak.
3. (Bot.) Double; consisting of two similar and corresponding
parts.
4. (Crystallog.) Composed of parts united according to some
definite law of twinning. See {Twin}, n., 4.
{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 ({Linn[ae]a
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.
Source : WordNet®
Linnaea borealis
n : 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}]