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any of several chiefly American wildflowers having an inflated pouchlike lip; difficult or impossible to cultivate in the garden

↑moccasin flower, ↑nerveroot, ↑Cypripedium acaule, ↑common lady's-slipper, ↑showy lady's-slipper, ↑showy lady slipper, ↑Cypripedium reginae, ↑Cypripedium album, ↑ram's-head, ↑ram's-head lady's slipper, ↑Cypripedium arietinum, ↑yellow lady's slipper, ↑yellow lady-slipper, ↑Cypripedium calceolus, ↑Cypripedium parviflorum, ↑California lady's slipper, ↑Cypripedium californicum, ↑clustered lady's slipper, ↑Cypripedium fasciculatum, ↑mountain lady's slipper, ↑Cypripedium montanum

see slipper plant 2

slipper orchid noun

Any terrestrial orchid of the genus Cypripedium, with flowers made up of fused lateral sepals, a large dorsal sepal and a conspicuous slipperlike lip (see also ↑lady's-slipper under ↑lady)

Main Entry: ↑slipper