lady\'s slipper

[ley-deez-slip-er]

la·dy's-slip·per

[ley-deez-slip-er]
noun
1.
any orchid of the genus Cypripedium, the flowers of which have a protruding petal somewhat resembling a slipper: all species are reduced in numbers, some greatly.
2.
any of several other related plants having similar flowers, as of the genera Paphiopedilum and Phragmipedium.
Also, la·dy-slip·per.


Origin:
1830–40, Americanism
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lady's slipper

noun
any of several chiefly American wildflowers having an inflated pouchlike lip; difficult or impossible to cultivate in the garden 
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