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

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