LISTER A

(Lat.), n. f. Li'st'e^r-a1. From Lister, an English naturalist. Ger., Listere. A genus of orchids of the Neottiece. The Listeridce, of Lindley and the Listeridece of Mei ner are a division (subtribe) of the Neottiece. [B, 42, 170, 180 (a. 86).] L. n iilus avis. The Neottia nidus avis. [B, 180 (a, 35).] I., ovata. Ger., eirunde Listere, Zweiblatl. Twayblade, double-leaf; a mildly astringent species once used in European medicine as a vulnerary under the name of herb a bifolii (seu oph rydis, seu ophrydis bifolice, seu ophryos bifolice). [B, 173, 180 (o, 35).] LISTER I AN, adl. Lias-te'ri-'n. Invented or described by Sir Joseph Lister, a British surgeon. [s. 652]