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Lady's slipper n. (Bot.) Any orchidaceous plant of the genus Cypripedium, the labellum of which resembles a slipper. Less commonly, in the United States, the garden balsam (Impatiens Balsamina).

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Lady's slipper" Quotes from Famous Books

... roots the Girl made drawings of the plant and learned its commercial value. She drew lady's slipper and Solomon's seal, and learned their uses and prices; and carefully traced wild ginger leaves while nibbling the aromatic root. It was difficult to keep from protesting when the work carried them around the lake shore and to the pokeberry beds, for the colour of these she loved. It required ...

— The Harvester • Gene Stratton Porter

Words linked to "Lady's slipper" : showy lady's-slipper, common lady's-slipper, yellow lady's slipper, Cypripedium album, mountain lady's slipper, Cypripedium parviflorum, nerveroot, Cypripedium, Cypripedium reginae, ladies' slipper, yellow lady-slipper, Cypripedium arietinum, orchid, ram's-head lady's slipper, ram's-head, slipper orchid, showy lady slipper, California lady's slipper, Cypripedium fasciculatum, Cypripedium acaule, Cypripedium calceolus, large yellow lady's slipper, Cypripedium californicum, moccasin flower, genus Cypripedium, orchidaceous plant