English > yellow lady-slipper: 1 sense > noun 1, plantMeaning | maroon to purple-brown orchid with yellow lip; Europe, North America and Japan. |
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Synonyms | yellow lady's slipper, Cypripedium calceolus, Cypripedium parviflorum |
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Narrower | large yellow lady's slipper, Cypripedium calceolus pubescens | plant of eastern and central North America having slightly fragrant purple-marked greenish-yellow flowers |
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Broader | 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 |
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