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YELLOW LADY-SLIPPER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does yellow lady-slipper mean? 

YELLOW LADY-SLIPPER (noun)
  The noun YELLOW LADY-SLIPPER has 1 sense:

1. maroon to purple-brown orchid with yellow lip; Europe, North America and Japanplay

  Familiarity information: YELLOW LADY-SLIPPER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


YELLOW LADY-SLIPPER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Maroon to purple-brown orchid with yellow lip; Europe, North America and Japan

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Cypripedium calceolus; Cypripedium parviflorum; yellow lady's slipper; yellow lady-slipper

Hypernyms ("yellow lady-slipper" is a kind of...):

ladies' slipper; lady's-slipper; lady's slipper; lady-slipper; lady slipper; slipper orchid (any of several chiefly American wildflowers having an inflated pouchlike lip; difficult or impossible to cultivate in the garden)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "yellow lady-slipper"):

Cypripedium calceolus pubescens; large yellow lady's slipper (plant of eastern and central North America having slightly fragrant purple-marked greenish-yellow flowers)


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