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English noun: slipper orchid

1. slipper orchid (plant) any of several chiefly American wildflowers having an inflated pouchlike lip; difficult or impossible to cultivate in the garden


Synonymsladies' slipper, lady's slipper, lady-slipper


Broader (hypernym)orchid, orchidaceous plant


Narrower (hyponym)California lady's slipper, clustered lady's slipper, common lady's-slipper, Cypripedium acaule, Cypripedium album, Cypripedium arietinum, Cypripedium calceolus, Cypripedium californicum, Cypripedium fasciculatum, Cypripedium montanum, Cypripedium parviflorum, Cypripedium reginae, moccasin flower, mountain lady's slipper, nerveroot, ram's-head, ram's-head lady's slipper, showy lady slipper, showy lady's-slipper, yellow lady's slipper, yellow lady-slipper


Member meronymCypripedium, genus Cypripedium









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