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COMMON LADY'S-SLIPPER

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• COMMON LADY'S-SLIPPER (noun)
The noun COMMON LADY'S-SLIPPER has 1 sense:

1. pale pink wild orchid of northeastern America having an inflated pouchlike lip

Familiarity information: COMMON LADY'S-SLIPPER used as a noun is very rare.

• COMMON LADY'S-SLIPPER (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Pale pink wild orchid of northeastern America having an inflated pouchlike lip

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

common lady's-slipper; Cypripedium album; Cypripedium reginae; showy lady slipper; showy lady's-slipper

Hypernyms ("common lady's-slipper" is a kind of...):

ladies' slipper; lady's slipper; lady-slipper; slipper orchid (any of several chiefly American wildflowers having an inflated pouchlike lip; difficult or impossible to cultivate in the garden)

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