showy lady's-slipper

showy lady's-slipper
noun
pale pink wild orchid of northeastern America having an inflated pouchlike lip

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noun also showy ladyslipper
: a No. American orchid (Cypripedium reginae) having pink-and-white flowers of great beauty

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showy lady's-slipper,
an American orchid having large white flowers and a lip tinged with brilliant pinkish purple. It is the state flower of Minnesota.

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  • lady's slipper — noun any of several chiefly American wildflowers having an inflated pouchlike lip; difficult or impossible to cultivate in the garden • Syn: ↑lady slipper, ↑ladies slipper, ↑slipper orchid • Hypernyms: ↑orchid, ↑orchidaceous plant • …   Useful english dictionary

  • showy lady slipper — noun pale pink wild orchid of northeastern America having an inflated pouchlike lip • Syn: ↑common lady s slipper, ↑showy lady s slipper, ↑Cypripedium reginae, ↑Cypripedium album • Hypernyms: ↑lady s slipper, ↑lady slipper, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • Lady's Slipper — Taxobox name = Lady s Slipper Orchids image width = 250px image caption = An orchid of the genus Paphiopedilum regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Liliopsida ordo = Asparagales familia = Orchidaceae subfamilia = Cypripedioideae… …   Wikipedia

  • common lady's-slipper — noun pale pink wild orchid of northeastern America having an inflated pouchlike lip • Syn: ↑showy lady s slipper, ↑showy lady slipper, ↑Cypripedium reginae, ↑Cypripedium album • Hypernyms: ↑lady s slipper, ↑lady slipper, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • gay lady's-slipper — noun : showy lady s slipper …   Useful english dictionary

  • yellow lady's-slipper — noun also yellow lady slipper : a yellow flowered orchid of the genus Cypripedium (as C. calceolus, C. parviflorum) * * * a showy orchid, Cypripedium calceolus, of eastern North America, having purple tinged yellow flowers with an inflated lip… …   Useful english dictionary

  • yellow lady's-slipper — a showy orchid, Cypripedium calceolus, of eastern North America, having purple tinged yellow flowers with an inflated lip petal. [1730 40, Amer.] * * * …   Universalium

  • slipper orchid — noun any of several chiefly American wildflowers having an inflated pouchlike lip; difficult or impossible to cultivate in the garden • Syn: ↑lady s slipper, ↑lady slipper, ↑ladies slipper • Hypernyms: ↑orchid, ↑orchidaceous plant • …   Useful english dictionary

  • lady-slipper — noun any of several chiefly American wildflowers having an inflated pouchlike lip; difficult or impossible to cultivate in the garden • Syn: ↑lady s slipper, ↑ladies slipper, ↑slipper orchid • Hypernyms: ↑orchid, ↑orchidaceous plant • …   Useful english dictionary

  • showy ladyslipper — noun see showy lady s slipper …   Useful english dictionary

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