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Noun: genus Cypripedium
  1. Genus of chiefly American perennial leafy-stemmed orchids: lady's slippers; sometimes includes species of genus Paphiopedilum
    - Cypripedium

Type of: liliopsid genus, monocot genus

Part of: family Orchidaceae, orchid family, Orchidaceae