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Definition of: cypripedium
(sip′rə·pē′dē·əm) noun
Any of a genus (Cypripedium) of orchids, mainly terrestrial, with fibrous roots, plaited leaves, and large flowers with pouchlike lip: called ladyslipper and moccasin flower. [<NL <Gk. Kypris Aphrodite + podion a slipper, dim. of pous, podos a foot]
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