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Cypripedium montanum
Cypripedium parviflorum
Cypripedium reginae
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)
n
1: genus of chiefly American perennial leafy-stemmed orchids: lady's slippers; sometimes includes species of genus Paphiopedilum [syn: Cypripedium, genus Cypripedium]
Merriam Webster's
noun Etymology: New Latin, genus name, from Late Latin Cypris, a name for Venus + -pedium (modification of Greek pedilon sandal) Date: 18071. any of a genus (Cypripedium) of Eurasian and North American terrestrial orchids having large usually showy drooping flowers with the lip inflated or pouched — compare lady's slipper2. any of a genus (Paphiopedalum) of widely cultivated Asian orchids
Oxford Reference Dictionary
n. any orchid of the genus Cypripedium, esp. the lady's slipper. Etymology: mod.L f. Gk Kupris Aphrodite + pedilon slipper
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
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.
