cypripedium

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Cypripedium
    n 1: genus of chiefly American perennial leafy-stemmed orchids:
         lady's slippers; sometimes includes species of genus
         Paphiopedilum [syn: {Cypripedium}, {genus Cypripedium}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Cypripedium \Cyp`ri*pe"di*um\ (s?p`r?-p?"d?-?m), n. [NL., fr.
   Cypris Venus + pes, pedis, foot.] (Bot.)
   A genus of orchidaceous plants including the lady's slipper.
   [1913 Webster]

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