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VENUS'S SHOE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Venus's shoe mean? 

VENUS'S SHOE (noun)
  The noun VENUS'S SHOE has 1 sense:

1. any of various orchids of the genus Paphiopedilum having slender flower stalks bearing 1 to several waxy flowers with pouchlike lipsplay

  Familiarity information: VENUS'S SHOE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


VENUS'S SHOE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various orchids of the genus Paphiopedilum having slender flower stalks bearing 1 to several waxy flowers with pouchlike lips

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Venus' slipper; Venus's shoe; Venus's slipper

Hypernyms ("Venus's shoe" is a kind of...):

orchid; orchidaceous plant (any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors)

Holonyms ("Venus's shoe" is a member of...):

genus Paphiopedilum; Paphiopedilum (horticulturally important genus of mainly terrestrial orchids including many hybrids; southeastern Asia and Indonesia to Philippines and Solomon Islands; Paphiopedilum species sometimes included in genus Cypripedium)


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