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VENUS'S SHOE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Venus's shoe mean?
• VENUS'S SHOE (noun)
The noun VENUS'S SHOE has 1 sense:
1. any of various orchids of the genus Paphiopedilum having slender flower stalks bearing 1 to several waxy flowers with pouchlike lips
Familiarity information: VENUS'S SHOE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of various orchids of the genus Paphiopedilum having slender flower stalks bearing 1 to several waxy flowers with pouchlike lips
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Venus' slipper; Venus's shoe; Venus's slipper
Hypernyms ("Venus's shoe" is a kind of...):
orchid; orchidaceous plant (any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors)
Holonyms ("Venus's shoe" is a member of...):
genus Paphiopedilum; Paphiopedilum (horticulturally important genus of mainly terrestrial orchids including many hybrids; southeastern Asia and Indonesia to Philippines and Solomon Islands; Paphiopedilum species sometimes included in genus Cypripedium)
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