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lady slipper

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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, lady-slipper.


Origin:
1830–40, Americanism
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