noun
genus of chiefly American perennial leafy-stemmed orchids: lady's slippers; sometimes includes species of genus Paphiopedilum
• Syn: ↑Cypripedium
• Hypernyms: ↑monocot genus, ↑liliopsid genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Orchidaceae, ↑family Orchidaceae, ↑orchid family
• Member Meronyms: ↑cypripedia, ↑lady's slipper, ↑lady-slipper, ↑ladies' slipper, ↑slipper orchid
Useful english dictionary. 2012.