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Noun: fairy-slipper
  1. Rare north temperate bog orchid bearing a solitary white to pink flower marked with purple at the tip of an erect reddish stalk above 1 basal leaf
    - calypso, Calypso bulbosa

Derived forms: fairy-slippers

Type of: orchid, orchidaceous plant