California lady's slipper

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

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  • ladies' 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, ↑lady slipper, ↑slipper orchid • Hypernyms: ↑orchid, ↑orchidaceous plant • …   Useful english dictionary

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