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CYPRIPEDIUM MONTANUM

Dictionary entry overview: What does Cypripedium montanum mean?

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

1. leafy 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

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

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• CYPRIPEDIUM MONTANUM (noun)

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Cypripedium montanum ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Leafy 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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Cypripedium montanum; mountain lady's slipper

Hypernyms ("Cypripedium montanum" 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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