单词 | lady's-slipper |
释义 | lady's-slipper /lay"deez slip'euhr/, n. 1. any orchid of the genus Cypripedium, the flowers of which have a protruding petal somewhat resembling a slipper: all species are reduced in numbers, some greatly. 2. any of several other related plants having similar flowers, as of the genera Paphiopedilum and Phragmipedium. Also, lady-slipper. [1830-40, Amer.] |
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