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Noun: lady-slipper  'ley-dee'sli-pu(r)
  1. Any of several chiefly American wildflowers having an inflated pouchlike lip; difficult or impossible to cultivate in the garden
    - lady's slipper, ladies' slipper, slipper orchid

Derived forms: lady-slippers

Type of: orchid, orchidaceous plant

Part of: Cypripedium, genus Cypripedium

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lady's man
lady's slipper
lady's smock
lady's thistle
lady's tobacco
lady's tresses
lady's-eardrop
lady's-eardrops
lady's-finger
Ladyship
lady-slipper
laelia
Laertes
laetrile
laevo-
laevorotatary
laevorotatory
laevulose
Lafayette
Laffer
Laffer curve