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单词 lady-slipper
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lady-slipper


lady's slipper

also la·dy-slip·per (lā′dē-slĭp′ər)n. Any of various orchids of the subfamily Cypripedioideae and especially the genus Cypripedium, having showy flowers with the lip modified into a slipperlike pouch. Also called moccasin flower.
Thesaurus
Noun1.lady-slipper - any of several chiefly American wildflowers having an inflated pouchlike liplady-slipper - any of several chiefly American wildflowers having an inflated pouchlike lip; difficult or impossible to cultivate in the gardenladies' slipper, lady's slipper, slipper orchidorchid, orchidaceous plant - any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colorsCypripedium, genus Cypripedium - genus of chiefly American perennial leafy-stemmed orchids: lady's slippers; sometimes includes species of genus PaphiopedilumCypripedium acaule, moccasin flower, nerveroot - once common rose pink woodland orchid of eastern North Americacommon lady's-slipper, Cypripedium album, Cypripedium reginae, showy lady slipper, showy lady's-slipper - pale pink wild orchid of northeastern America having an inflated pouchlike lipCypripedium arietinum, ram's-head, ram's-head lady's slipper - orchid of northern North America having a brownish-green flower and red-and-white lip suggestive of a ram's headCypripedium calceolus, Cypripedium parviflorum, yellow lady's slipper, yellow lady-slipper - maroon to purple-brown orchid with yellow lip; Europe, North America and JapanCalifornia lady's slipper, Cypripedium californicum - often having many yellow-green orchids with white pouches growing along streams and seeps of southwestern Oregon and northern Californiaclustered lady's slipper, Cypripedium fasciculatum - clusters of several short stems each having 2 broad leaves and 2-4 drooping brownish to greenish flowers with pouches mottled with purple; British Columbia to central California and northern ColoradoCypripedium montanum, mountain lady's slipper - 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

lady-slipper


  • noun

Synonyms for lady-slipper

noun any of several chiefly American wildflowers having an inflated pouchlike lip

Synonyms

  • ladies' slipper
  • lady's slipper
  • slipper orchid

Related Words

  • orchid
  • orchidaceous plant
  • Cypripedium
  • genus Cypripedium
  • Cypripedium acaule
  • moccasin flower
  • nerveroot
  • common lady's-slipper
  • Cypripedium album
  • Cypripedium reginae
  • showy lady slipper
  • showy lady's-slipper
  • Cypripedium arietinum
  • ram's-head
  • ram's-head lady's slipper
  • Cypripedium calceolus
  • Cypripedium parviflorum
  • yellow lady's slipper
  • yellow lady-slipper
  • California lady's slipper
  • Cypripedium californicum
  • clustered lady's slipper
  • Cypripedium fasciculatum
  • Cypripedium montanum
  • mountain lady's slipper
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