listera
- n genus of terrestrial orchids having usually a single pair of broad shining leaves near the middle of the stem; found in temperate Asia and North America and Europe
listera convallarioides
- n small orchid with two elliptic leaves and a slender raceme of small green flowers; western North America
listera cordata
- n orchid having two triangular leaves and a short lax raceme of green to rust-colored flowers with the lip flushed mauve; Europe and Asia and North America and Greenland
listera ovata
- n orchid having a pair of ovate leaves and a long slender raceme of green flowers sometimes tinged red-brown; Europe to central Asia
listeria meningitis
- n an infectious disease of animals and humans (especially newborn or immunosuppressed persons) caused by the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes; in sheep and cattle the infection frequently involves the central nervous system and causes various neurological symptoms
listeria monocytogenes
- n the type species of the genus Listeria; can cause meningitis, encephalitis, septicemia, endocarditis, abortion, abscesses, listeriosis
listeriosis
- n an infectious disease of animals and humans (especially newborn or immunosuppressed persons) caused by the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes; in sheep and cattle the infection frequently involves the central nervous system and causes various neurological symptoms
listing
- n a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics)
- n the act of making a list of items
- v give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of
- v include in a list
- v cause to lean to the side
- v tilt to one side
- v enumerate