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YELLOW LADY-SLIPPER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does yellow lady-slipper mean?
• YELLOW LADY-SLIPPER (noun)
The noun YELLOW LADY-SLIPPER has 1 sense:
1. maroon to purple-brown orchid with yellow lip; Europe, North America and Japan
Familiarity information: YELLOW LADY-SLIPPER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
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 ("yellow lady-slipper" is a kind of...):
ladies' slipper; lady's-slipper; lady's slipper; lady-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 "yellow lady-slipper"):
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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