lady's slippern.

Brit.

/ˌleɪdɪz ˈslɪpə/, U.S.

/ˈleɪdiz ˈslɪpər/

Forms:

α. 1500s– ladies slipper, 1700s– lady's slipper, 1800s– ladies' slipper.

β. 1800s– lady slipper.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: lady n., slipper n.

Etymology: < the genitive of lady n. + slipper n., although the first element is sometimes apprehended as plural; so called on account of the shape of the flowers. In β. forms either < lady n. + slipper n. (perhaps originally reflecting a genitive compound with unmarked first element: see discussion at lady n.) or simply by assimilation (and subsequent reanalysis) in the α. forms With sense 1 compare Our Lady's slipper n., Our Lady's shoe n. at Our Lady n. Compounds 2b, and also German Frauenschuh, Marienschuh (both 18th cent. or earlier).

1. Originally: the Eurasian orchid Cypripedium calceolus, the large flower of which has a yellow lip that is deeply pouched and slipper-shaped, with contrasting maroon petals. Later also (usually with distinguishing word): any of various other north temperate orchids of the genus Cypripedium or subfamily Cypripedioideae, having flowers with a characteristic slipper-shaped lip; also called (North American) moccasin flower.ram's head lady's slipper: see ram's head n. 1b.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > orchids

satyrionOE

bollockwort?a1300

sanicle14..

bollock?a1425

martagon1548

orchis1559

dogstones1562

hare's-ballocks1562

stone1562

bollock grass1578

dog's cods1578

dog's cullions1578

double-leaf1578

fly-orchis1578

goat's cullions1578

goat's orchis1578

priest's pintle1578

twayblade1578

bee-orchis1597

bifoil1597

bird's nest1597

bird's orchis1597

butterfly orchis1597

fenny-stones1597

gelded satyrion1597

gnat satyrion1597

humble-bee orchis1597

lady's slipper1597

sweet ballocks1597

two-blade1605

cullions1611

bee-flower1626

fly-flower1640

man orchis1670

musk orchis1670

moccasin flower1680

gnat-flower1688

faham tea1728

Ophrys1754

green man orchis1762

Arethusa1764

honey flower1771

cypripedium1775

rattlesnake plantain1778

Venus's slipper1785

Adam and Eve1789

lizard orchis179.

epidendrum1791

Pogonia?1801

Vanda1801

cymbidium1815

Oncidium1822

putty-root1822

Noah's Ark1826

yellow moccasin1826

gongora1827

cattleya1828

green man1828

nervine1828

stanhopea1829

dove-flower1831

catasetum1836

Odontoglossum1836

Miltonia1837

letter plant1838

spread eagle1838

letter-leaf1839

swan-plant1841

orchid1843

disa1844

masdevallia1845

Phalaenopsis1846

faham1850

Indian crocus1850

moccasin plant1850

pleione1851

dove orchis1852

nerve root1854

Holy Ghost flower1862

basket-plant1865

lizard's tongue1866

mousetail1866

Sobralia1866

swan-neck1866

swanwort1866

Indian shoe1876

odontoglot1879

wreathewort1879

moth orchid1880

rattlesnake orchid1881

dendrobe1882

dove-plant1882

Madeira orchis1882

man orchis1882

swan-flower1884

slipper-orchid1885

slipper orchis1889

mayflower1894

scorpion orchid1897

moederkappie1910

dove orchid1918

monkey orchid1925

man orchid1927

1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. cvii. 359 Ladies Slipper groweth vpon the mountaines of Germanie, Hungarie, and Poland. I have a plant thereof in my garden.

1666 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense (ed. 2) 50 Flowers in Prime, or yet lasting... Ladies Slipper, Stock-gilly-flowers, Spanish Nut, [etc.].

1712 J. Mortimer Art of Husbandry: Pt. II 193 Ladies Slipper is a Flower valued by most Florists, although wild in many Places.

1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xxvii. 424 The Lady's Slipper..its singular, large, hollow, inflated nectary.

1872 D. Oliver Lessons Elem. Bot. (new ed.) ii. 266 One extremely rare British species, the Lady's Slipper (Cypripedium Calceolus).

1905 Indiana Democrat 26 July 7/2 The genus [Cyprepedium] is represented by four species—the pink lady's slipper..; the showy lady's slipper..; the large yellow lady's slipper.., and the small yellow lady's slipper.

1946 Jrnl. Wildlife Managem. 10 308/2 Annual mowing to control the shrubs proved a practical method of increasing the ladyslipper populations.

1984 F. W. P. Bolger Memories Old Home Place 11/1 The pink, or stemless, lady's slipper (cypripedium acaule) ,..has been the official emblem of the province since 1965.

2006 Nat. New Eng. Winter 11/1 The pink lady slipper does have a fragile, symbiotic relationship with a certain fungus and, therefore, attempts to transplant one usually fail.

2. Chiefly U.S. A plant of the South and Central American genus Calceolaria (family Calceolariaceae), esp. one of the many hybrid varieties cultivated in gardens for their slipper-shaped flowers; cf. slipperwort n. at slipper n. Compounds 2. rare.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > foxglove and allied flowers > allied flowers

penstemon1760

musk plant1769

monkey flower1786

nemesia1815

lady's slipper1835

musk flower1835

calceolaria1846

Gerardia1851

musk1866

tiger-mouth1886

tiger's mouth1886

three-birds1889

1835 Weekly Visitor 13 Oct. 370/2 The lady's slipper (calceolaria rugosa,) so conspicuous for its yellow flowers, which in shape resemble the fore part of a shoe, will furnish a pretty example.

1894 W. H. Wilkins & H. Vivian Green Bay Tree II. 161 The boxes of geranium and lady-slipper in the window.

1998 Houston (Texas) Chron. (Nexis) 21 Mar. (Houston section) 1 There is a colorful annual, Calceolaria, sometimes called..slipper flower or lady's slipper.

3. U.S. A plant of the genus Impatiens (family Balsaminaceae); esp. garden balsam, I. balsamina. Now rare.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > balsam and allied flowers

noli me tangere1563

balsam apple1578

touch-me-not1659

eagle-flower1718

balsam1736

quick-in-hand1744

Capuchin1756

balsamine1785

impatiens1785

jewelweed1817

snap-weed1823

lady's slipper1836

busy Lizzie1938

sultana1938

patient Lucy1940

policeman's helmet1950

1836 A. H. Lincoln Familiar Lect. Bot. (ed. 5) xv. 101 The Impatiens of the garden is sometimes called Ladies'-slipper, sometimes Balsamine.

1855 G. Emerson Farmer's & Planter's Encycl. Rural Affairs (new ed.) 132/2 This plant, which has been introduced into almost every flower-garden in the country, is commonly called Lady's Slipper.

1913 P. T. Farewell Village Improvem. iv. 73 The flower-seeds usually given to children for these home gardens are of the following varieties:..bachelors buttons, or cornflower, blue, pink or white; balsam, or lady's slippers, mixed colours; [etc.].

1965 Troy (N.Y.) Record 20 Dec. 12/3 The lady-slipper or garden balsam is one type of ‘Patience’ plant, known botanically as Impatiens balsamina.

4. Chiefly English regional. Bird's-foot trefoil, Lotus corniculatus. Now rare.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > leguminous plants > [noun] > lotus or bird's-foot trefoil

lote1548

ground honeysuckle1592

bird's-foot trefoil1650

bird's-foot lote1714

lotus1731

winged pea1739

bird's-foot trefoil1760

bloom-fell1799

fingers and thumbs1815

bird's-foot lotus1832

devil's claw1833

five-finger1845

lady's slipper1852

1852 A. Pratt Wild Flowers (new ed.) I. 7 The..summer meadow is everywhere brightened by this pretty little blossom, which country children call by the..names of Lady's- slipper, or Pattens-and-clogs.

1861 A. Pratt Flowering Plants & Ferns Great Brit. II. 116 Lotus corniculatus..commonly called Lady's Slipper.

1929 Times 12 Oct. 7/4 I used to see..a plant I was taught to call by the prim and precise name of ‘Bird's Foot Trefoil,’ otherwise ‘Lady's Slipper’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	ladys slipper
释义	lady's slippern. Brit. /ˌleɪdɪz ˈslɪpə/, U.S. /ˈleɪdiz ˈslɪpər/ Forms: α. 1500s– ladies slipper, 1700s– lady's slipper, 1800s– ladies' slipper. β. 1800s– lady slipper. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: lady n., slipper n. Etymology: < the genitive of lady n. + slipper n., although the first element is sometimes apprehended as plural; so called on account of the shape of the flowers. In β. forms either < lady n. + slipper n. (perhaps originally reflecting a genitive compound with unmarked first element: see discussion at lady n.) or simply by assimilation (and subsequent reanalysis) in the α. forms With sense 1 compare Our Lady's slipper n., Our Lady's shoe n. at Our Lady n. Compounds 2b, and also German Frauenschuh, Marienschuh (both 18th cent. or earlier). 1. Originally: the Eurasian orchid Cypripedium calceolus, the large flower of which has a yellow lip that is deeply pouched and slipper-shaped, with contrasting maroon petals. Later also (usually with distinguishing word): any of various other north temperate orchids of the genus Cypripedium or subfamily Cypripedioideae, having flowers with a characteristic slipper-shaped lip; also called (North American) moccasin flower.ram's head lady's slipper: see ram's head n. 1b. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > orchids satyrionOE bollockwort?a1300 sanicle14.. bollock?a1425 martagon1548 orchis1559 dogstones1562 hare's-ballocks1562 stone1562 bollock grass1578 dog's cods1578 dog's cullions1578 double-leaf1578 fly-orchis1578 goat's cullions1578 goat's orchis1578 priest's pintle1578 twayblade1578 bee-orchis1597 bifoil1597 bird's nest1597 bird's orchis1597 butterfly orchis1597 fenny-stones1597 gelded satyrion1597 gnat satyrion1597 humble-bee orchis1597 lady's slipper1597 sweet ballocks1597 two-blade1605 cullions1611 bee-flower1626 fly-flower1640 man orchis1670 musk orchis1670 moccasin flower1680 gnat-flower1688 faham tea1728 Ophrys1754 green man orchis1762 Arethusa1764 honey flower1771 cypripedium1775 rattlesnake plantain1778 Venus's slipper1785 Adam and Eve1789 lizard orchis179. epidendrum1791 Pogonia?1801 Vanda1801 cymbidium1815 Oncidium1822 putty-root1822 Noah's Ark1826 yellow moccasin1826 gongora1827 cattleya1828 green man1828 nervine1828 stanhopea1829 dove-flower1831 catasetum1836 Odontoglossum1836 Miltonia1837 letter plant1838 spread eagle1838 letter-leaf1839 swan-plant1841 orchid1843 disa1844 masdevallia1845 Phalaenopsis1846 faham1850 Indian crocus1850 moccasin plant1850 pleione1851 dove orchis1852 nerve root1854 Holy Ghost flower1862 basket-plant1865 lizard's tongue1866 mousetail1866 Sobralia1866 swan-neck1866 swanwort1866 Indian shoe1876 odontoglot1879 wreathewort1879 moth orchid1880 rattlesnake orchid1881 dendrobe1882 dove-plant1882 Madeira orchis1882 man orchis1882 swan-flower1884 slipper-orchid1885 slipper orchis1889 mayflower1894 scorpion orchid1897 moederkappie1910 dove orchid1918 monkey orchid1925 man orchid1927 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. cvii. 359 Ladies Slipper groweth vpon the mountaines of Germanie, Hungarie, and Poland. I have a plant thereof in my garden. 1666 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense (ed. 2) 50 Flowers in Prime, or yet lasting... Ladies Slipper, Stock-gilly-flowers, Spanish Nut, [etc.]. 1712 J. Mortimer Art of Husbandry: Pt. II 193 Ladies Slipper is a Flower valued by most Florists, although wild in many Places. 1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xxvii. 424 The Lady's Slipper..its singular, large, hollow, inflated nectary. 1872 D. Oliver Lessons Elem. Bot. (new ed.) ii. 266 One extremely rare British species, the Lady's Slipper (Cypripedium Calceolus). 1905 Indiana Democrat 26 July 7/2 The genus [Cyprepedium] is represented by four species—the pink lady's slipper..; the showy lady's slipper..; the large yellow lady's slipper.., and the small yellow lady's slipper. 1946 Jrnl. Wildlife Managem. 10 308/2 Annual mowing to control the shrubs proved a practical method of increasing the ladyslipper populations. 1984 F. W. P. Bolger Memories Old Home Place 11/1 The pink, or stemless, lady's slipper (cypripedium acaule) ,..has been the official emblem of the province since 1965. 2006 Nat. New Eng. Winter 11/1 The pink lady slipper does have a fragile, symbiotic relationship with a certain fungus and, therefore, attempts to transplant one usually fail. 2. Chiefly U.S. A plant of the South and Central American genus Calceolaria (family Calceolariaceae), esp. one of the many hybrid varieties cultivated in gardens for their slipper-shaped flowers; cf. slipperwort n. at slipper n. Compounds 2. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > foxglove and allied flowers > allied flowers penstemon1760 musk plant1769 monkey flower1786 nemesia1815 lady's slipper1835 musk flower1835 calceolaria1846 Gerardia1851 musk1866 tiger-mouth1886 tiger's mouth1886 three-birds1889 1835 Weekly Visitor 13 Oct. 370/2 The lady's slipper (calceolaria rugosa,) so conspicuous for its yellow flowers, which in shape resemble the fore part of a shoe, will furnish a pretty example. 1894 W. H. Wilkins & H. Vivian Green Bay Tree II. 161 The boxes of geranium and lady-slipper in the window. 1998 Houston (Texas) Chron. (Nexis) 21 Mar. (Houston section) 1 There is a colorful annual, Calceolaria, sometimes called..slipper flower or lady's slipper. 3. U.S. A plant of the genus Impatiens (family Balsaminaceae); esp. garden balsam, I. balsamina. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > balsam and allied flowers noli me tangere1563 balsam apple1578 touch-me-not1659 eagle-flower1718 balsam1736 quick-in-hand1744 Capuchin1756 balsamine1785 impatiens1785 jewelweed1817 snap-weed1823 lady's slipper1836 busy Lizzie1938 sultana1938 patient Lucy1940 policeman's helmet1950 1836 A. H. Lincoln Familiar Lect. Bot. (ed. 5) xv. 101 The Impatiens of the garden is sometimes called Ladies'-slipper, sometimes Balsamine. 1855 G. Emerson Farmer's & Planter's Encycl. Rural Affairs (new ed.) 132/2 This plant, which has been introduced into almost every flower-garden in the country, is commonly called Lady's Slipper. 1913 P. T. Farewell Village Improvem. iv. 73 The flower-seeds usually given to children for these home gardens are of the following varieties:..bachelors buttons, or cornflower, blue, pink or white; balsam, or lady's slippers, mixed colours; [etc.]. 1965 Troy (N.Y.) Record 20 Dec. 12/3 The lady-slipper or garden balsam is one type of ‘Patience’ plant, known botanically as Impatiens balsamina. 4. Chiefly English regional. Bird's-foot trefoil, Lotus corniculatus. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > leguminous plants > [noun] > lotus or bird's-foot trefoil lote1548 ground honeysuckle1592 bird's-foot trefoil1650 bird's-foot lote1714 lotus1731 winged pea1739 bird's-foot trefoil1760 bloom-fell1799 fingers and thumbs1815 bird's-foot lotus1832 devil's claw1833 five-finger1845 lady's slipper1852 1852 A. Pratt Wild Flowers (new ed.) I. 7 The..summer meadow is everywhere brightened by this pretty little blossom, which country children call by the..names of Lady's- slipper, or Pattens-and-clogs. 1861 A. Pratt Flowering Plants & Ferns Great Brit. II. 116 Lotus corniculatus..commonly called Lady's Slipper. 1929 Times 12 Oct. 7/4 I used to see..a plant I was taught to call by the prim and precise name of ‘Bird's Foot Trefoil,’ otherwise ‘Lady's Slipper’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1597
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