English > Cypripedium: 1 sense > noun 1, plantMeaning | genus of chiefly American perennial leafy-stemmed orchids: lady's slippers; sometimes includes species of genus Paphiopedilum. |
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Synonym | genus Cypripedium |
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Member of | Orchidaceae, family Orchidaceae, orchid family | enormous cosmopolitan family of perennial terrestrial or epiphytic plants with fleshy tubers or rootstocks / rootstocks and unusual flowers |
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Members | cypripedia | A plant or flower of the genus Cypripedium |
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lady's slipper, lady's-slipper, lady-slipper, lady slipper, ladies' slipper, slipper orchid | Any of several chiefly American wildflowers having an inflated pouchlike lip |
Broader | monocot genus, liliopsid genus | genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed |
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Spanish | cypripedium, genus cypripedium |
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Catalan | cypripedium, genus cypripedium |
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