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CYPRIPEDIUM PARVIFLORUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Cypripedium parviflorum mean?
• CYPRIPEDIUM PARVIFLORUM (noun)
The noun CYPRIPEDIUM PARVIFLORUM has 1 sense:
1. maroon to purple-brown orchid with yellow lip; Europe, North America and Japan
Familiarity information: CYPRIPEDIUM PARVIFLORUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• CYPRIPEDIUM PARVIFLORUM (noun)
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 ("Cypripedium parviflorum" 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 "Cypripedium parviflorum"):
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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