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Noun: slipper orchid
  1. Any of several chiefly American wildflowers having an inflated pouchlike lip; difficult or impossible to cultivate in the garden
    - lady's slipper, lady's-slipper, lady-slipper, lady slipper

Derived forms: slipper orchids

Type of: orchid, orchidaceous plant

Part of: Cypripedium, genus Cypripedium

Encyclopedia: Slipper orchid