- genus Cypripedium
- noungenus of chiefly American perennial leafy-stemmed orchids: lady's slippers; sometimes includes species of genus Paphiopedilum• Syn: ↑Cypripedium• Hypernyms: ↑monocot genus, ↑liliopsid genus• Member Holonyms: ↑Orchidaceae, ↑family Orchidaceae, ↑orchid family• Member Meronyms: ↑cypripedia, ↑lady's slipper, ↑lady-slipper, ↑ladies' slipper, ↑slipper orchid
Useful english dictionary. 2012.