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CYPRIPEDIUM CALCEOLUS

Dictionary entry overview: What does Cypripedium calceolus mean?

• CYPRIPEDIUM CALCEOLUS (noun)
The noun CYPRIPEDIUM CALCEOLUS has 1 sense:

1. maroon to purple-brown orchid with yellow lip; Europe, North America and Japan

Familiarity information: CYPRIPEDIUM CALCEOLUS used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• CYPRIPEDIUM CALCEOLUS (noun)

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Meaning:

Maroon to purple-brown orchid with yellow lip; Europe, North America and Japan

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Cypripedium calceolus; Cypripedium parviflorum; yellow lady's slipper; yellow lady-slipper

Hypernyms ("Cypripedium calceolus" 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)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Cypripedium calceolus"):

Cypripedium calceolus pubescens; large yellow lady's slipper (plant of eastern and central North America having slightly fragrant purple-marked greenish-yellow flowers)

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