Calypso bulbosa

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Calypso bulbosa
    n 1: rare north temperate bog orchid bearing a solitary white to
         pink flower marked with purple at the tip of an erect
         reddish stalk above 1 basal leaf [syn: {calypso}, {fairy-
         slipper}, {Calypso bulbosa}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

fairy-slipper \fairy-slipper\ n.
   a rare north temperate bog orchid ({Calypso bulbosa}) bearing
   a solitary white to pink flower marked with purple at the tip
   of an erect reddish stalk above one basal leaf.

   Syn: calypso, {Calypso bulbosa}.
        [WordNet 1.5]

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