Cypripedium calceolus

Definitions of Cypripedium calceolus
  1. noun
    maroon to purple-brown orchid with yellow lip; Europe, North America and Japan
    synonyms: Cypripedium parviflorum, yellow lady's slipper, yellow lady-slipper
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    types:
    Cypripedium calceolus pubescens, large yellow lady's slipper
    plant of eastern and central North America having slightly fragrant purple-marked greenish-yellow flowers
    type of:
    ladies' slipper, lady's 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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