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moccasin flower

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moccasin flower

–noun
1. the lady's-slipper.
2. a cypripedium, Cypripedium acaule, of the U.S.

Origin:
1670–80, Americanism
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lady's slipper  
n.  Any of various orchids of the genus Cypripedium, having usually solitary, variously colored flowers with an inflated, pouchlike lip. Also called moccasin flower.
moccasin flower  
n.  See lady's slipper.
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