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CYPRIPEDIUM MONTANUM
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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.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
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'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)
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