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Type of orchid
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lady's slipper
Word definitions for lady's slipper in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Impatiens \Im*pa"ti*ens\ ([i^]m*p[=a]"sh[i^]*[e^]nz), prop. n. [L., impatient.] (Bot.) A genus of plants, several species of which have very beautiful flowers; -- so called because the elastic capsules burst when touched, and scatter the seeds with considerable ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A kind of orchid in the subfamily ''(taxlink Cypripedioideae subfamily noshow=1)'' distinguished by their slipper-shaped pouches which trap insects to improve pollination rates.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. any of several chiefly American wildflowers having an inflated pouchlike lip; difficult or impossible to cultivate in the garden [syn: lady-slipper , ladies' slipper , slipper orchid ]
Usage examples of lady's slipper.
There was another patch of dead grass there, and the lady's slipper was all brown and curled in on itself, as if a blast of heat had charred it.
In all defiance of the early spring chill, a riot of flowers bloomed: spikenard and foxglove, azalea, Lady's slipper and Love-Not-Lost, orchids and phlox, lavender and roses.
The table was decorated with candles, sprigs of ivy, and fronds of lady's slipper.
His words were abruptly silenced by a sudden, sharp nudge against his shin, the sort a lady's slipper would deliver with the force of a quick kick.
Recently I have run across several references to the nineteenth century custom of drinking champagne out of a lady's slipper, upon occasions of merrymaking.