yellow lady-slipper

yellow lady-slipper
noun
maroon to purple-brown orchid with yellow lip; Europe, North America and Japan

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noun

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  • 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

  • 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

  • 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 — may refer to any of three yellow orchids from the genus Cypripedium :* Cypripedium calceolus * Cypripedium pubescens * Cypripedium parviflorum …   Wikipedia

  • large yellow lady's slipper — noun plant of eastern and central North America having slightly fragrant purple marked greenish yellow flowers • Syn: ↑Cypripedium calceolus pubescens • Hypernyms: ↑yellow lady s slipper, ↑yellow lady slipper, ↑Cypripedium calceolus, ↑Cypripedium …   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

  • small yellow lady's-slipper — smulkiažiedė klumpaitė statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Gegužraibinių šeimos vaistinis augalas (Cypripedium parviflorum), paplitęs Šiaurės Amerikoje. atitikmenys: lot. Cypripedium parviflorum angl. small yellow lady s slipper šaltinis… …   Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

  • large yellow lady's-slipper — smulkiažiedės klumpaitės plaukuotasis varietetas statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Gegužraibinių šeimos vaistinis augalas (Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens), paplitęs Šiaurės Amerikoje. atitikmenys: lot. Cypripedium parviflorum var.… …   Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

  • 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'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

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