ladies' slipper

ladies' slipper
noun
any of several chiefly American wildflowers having an inflated pouchlike lip; difficult or impossible to cultivate in the garden
Hypernyms: ↑orchid, ↑orchidaceous plant
Hyponyms:
Member Holonyms: ↑Cypripedium, ↑genus Cypripedium

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variant of lady's slipper

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  • 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

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

  • yellow lady-slipper — noun maroon to purple brown orchid with yellow lip; Europe, North America and Japan • Syn: ↑yellow lady s slipper, ↑Cypripedium calceolus, ↑Cypripedium parviflorum • Hypernyms: ↑lady s slipper, ↑lady slipper, ↑ladies slipper, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • 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

  • 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

  • yellow lady's slipper — noun maroon to purple brown orchid with yellow lip; Europe, North America and Japan • Syn: ↑yellow lady slipper, ↑Cypripedium calceolus, ↑Cypripedium parviflorum • Hypernyms: ↑lady s slipper, ↑lady slipper, ↑ladies slipper, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • California lady's slipper — noun often having many yellow green orchids with white pouches growing along streams and seeps of southwestern Oregon and northern California • Syn: ↑Cypripedium californicum • Hypernyms: ↑lady s slipper, ↑lady slipper, ↑ladies slipper, ↑slipper… …   Useful english dictionary

  • clustered lady's slipper — noun clusters of several short stems each having 2 broad leaves and 2 4 drooping brownish to greenish flowers with pouches mottled with purple; British Columbia to central California and northern Colorado • Syn: ↑Cypripedium fasciculatum •… …   Useful english dictionary

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