ram's-head

ram's-head
noun
orchid of northern North America having a brownish-green flower and red-and-white lip suggestive of a ram's head

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\\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun also ram's-head ; lady's slipper (plural ram's-heads)
: an orchid (Cypripedium arietinum) of northern No. America having a brownish green flower with a red-and-white veiny lip suggestive of a ram's head

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