| 单词 | lady's slipper |
| 释义 | lady's slipper (once / 89541 pages) n WORD FAMILY lady's slipper USAGE EXAMPLESIt features the Lady's Slipper orchid, rescued from extinction by scientists in the 1930s and strictly protected by wildlife laws. BBC(May 20, 2013) The Lady's Slipper orchid was rescued from extinction by scientists and is strictly protected by wildlife laws. BBC(May 15, 2013) Lip somewhat resembling that of a Lady's Slipper, woolly-hairy inside. Gray, Asa, The Manual of the Botany of the Nor...(2012) n any of several chiefly American wildflowers having an inflated pouchlike lip; difficult or impossible to cultivate in the garden Syn|Hypo|Hyper ladies' slipper, lady-slipper, slipper orchid Cypripedium acaule, moccasin flower, nerveroot once common rose pink woodland orchid of eastern North America Cypripedium album, Cypripedium reginae, common lady's-slipper, showy lady slipper, showy lady's-slipperpale pink wild orchid of northeastern America having an inflated pouchlike lip Cypripedium arietinum, ram's-head, ram's-head lady's slipperorchid of northern North America having a brownish-green flower and red-and-white lip suggestive of a ram's head Cypripedium calceolus, Cypripedium parviflorum, yellow lady's slipper, yellow lady-slippermaroon to purple-brown orchid with yellow lip; Europe, North America and Japan California lady's slipper, Cypripedium californicumoften having many yellow-green orchids with white pouches growing along streams and seeps of southwestern Oregon and northern California Cypripedium fasciculatum, clustered lady's slipperclusters 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 Colorado Cypripedium montanum, mountain lady's slipperleafy 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 Cypripedium calceolus pubescens, large yellow lady's slipperplant of eastern and central North America having slightly fragrant purple-marked greenish-yellow flowers orchid, orchidaceous plant any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors |
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