Cypripedium - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Cypripedium :  (noun)

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

Based on WordNet 2.0

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.

Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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