Definition of lady's slipper Lady's slipper
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| lady's slipper - any of several chiefly American wildflowers having an inflated pouchlike lip; difficult or impossible to cultivate in the garden | ||
| lady-slipper, ladies' slipper, slipper orchid | ||
| orchid, orchidaceous plant any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors | ||
| cypripedium, genus cypripedium genus of chiefly American perennial leafy-stemmed orchids: lady's slippers; sometimes includes species of genus Paphiopedilum | ||
| cypripedium acaule, moccasin flower, nerveroot once common rose pink woodland orchid of eastern North America | ||
| common lady's-slipper, cypripedium album, cypripedium reginae, showy lady's-slipper, showy lady slipper pale pink wild orchid of northeastern America having an inflated pouchlike lip | ||
| cypripedium arietinum, ram's-head, ram's-head lady's slipper orchid of northern North America having a brownish-green flower and red-and-white lip suggestive of a ram's head | ||
| cypripedium calceolus, cypripedium parviflorum, yellow lady's slipper, yellow lady-slipper maroon to purple-brown orchid with yellow lip; Europe, North America and Japan | ||
| california lady's slipper, cypripedium californicum often having many yellow-green orchids with white pouches growing along streams and seeps of southwestern Oregon and northern California | ||
| clustered lady's slipper, cypripedium fasciculatum clusters of several short stems each having 2 broad leaves and 2-4 drooping brownish to greenish flowers with pouches mottled with purple; British Columbia to central California and northern Colorado | ||
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- lady's slipper
Any orchidaceous plant of the genus Cypripedium, the labellum of which resembles a slipper. Less commonly, in the United States, the garden balsam (Impatiens Balsamina).
