HyperDic: mountain_lady[s_slipper

English > 1 sense of the expression mountain lady's slipper:
NOUNplantmountain lady's slipper, Cypripedium montanumleafy plant having a few stems in a clump with 1 white and dull purple flower in each upper leaf axil
English > mountain lady's slipper: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningleafy plant having a few stems in a clump with 1 white and dull purple flower in each upper leaf axil; Alaska to northern California and Wyoming.
SynonymCypripedium montanum
Broaderlady's slipper, lady's-slipper, lady-slipper, lady slipper, ladies' slipper, slipper orchidAny of several chiefly American wildflowers having an inflated pouchlike lip

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