ram's-head

Definitions of ram's-head
  1. noun
    orchid of northern North America having a brownish-green flower and red-and-white lip suggestive of a ram's head
    synonyms: Cypripedium arietinum, ram's-head lady's slipper
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    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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