MOUNTAIN LADY'S SLIPPER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mountain lady's slipper mean? 

• MOUNTAIN LADY'S SLIPPER (noun)
  The noun MOUNTAIN LADY'S SLIPPER 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: MOUNTAIN LADY'S SLIPPER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MOUNTAIN LADY'S SLIPPER (noun)

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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 ("mountain lady's 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)