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Cypripedium

see synonyms of cypripedium

Noun

1. cypripedium, genus cypripedium

genus of chiefly American perennial leafy-stemmed orchids: lady's slippers; sometimes includes species of genus Paphiopedilum

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Cypripedium

see synonyms of cypripedium
noun
1. 
any orchid of the genus Cypripedium, having large flowers with an inflated pouchlike lip
See also lady's-slipper
2. 
any cultivated tropical orchid of the genus Paphiopedilum, having yellow, green, or brownish-purple waxy flowers

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Cypripedium

see synonyms of cypripedium
nounWord forms: plural ˌcypriˈpediums or ˌcypriˈpedia (ˌsɪprəˈpidiə ; sipˌrəpēˈdēə)
1. 
any of a genus (Cypripedium) of soil-rooted orchids of the North Temperate Zone, with flat leaves and white, yellow, or rosy-purple flowers, each having a pouchlike lip petal; lady-slipper
2. 
any of various cultivated species (genus Paphiopedilum) of tropical orchids with fleshy, folded leaves and green, yellow, or brown-purple flowers of waxy texture

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Cypripedium

see synonyms of cypripedium
n.
Any of various orchids of the genus Cypripedium of northern temperate regions, such as the lady's slipper.

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