Associations to the word «Cypripedium»

Wiktionary

CYPRIPEDIUM, noun. Any member of the orchid genus Cypripedium.

Dictionary definition

CYPRIPEDIUM, noun. Genus of chiefly American perennial leafy-stemmed orchids: lady's slippers; sometimes includes species of genus Paphiopedilum.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley