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Ladies' slipper   /lˈeɪdˌiz slˈɪpər/   Listen
Ladies' slipper

noun
1.
Any of several chiefly American wildflowers having an inflated pouchlike lip; difficult or impossible to cultivate in the garden.  Synonyms: lady's slipper, lady-slipper, slipper orchid.






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"Ladies' slipper" Quotes from Famous Books



... pale yellow night bloomers, charm with their delicious breath; see if you cannot discover why the immigrant daisy already whitens our fields with descendants as numerous as the sands of the seashore, whereas you may tramp a whole day without finding a single native ladies' slipper. What of the sundew that not only catches insects, but secretes gastric juice to digest them? What of the bladderwort, in whose inflated traps tiny crustaceans are imprisoned, or the pitcher plant, that makes soup of its guests? Why are gnats and flies seen about certain ...
— Wild Flowers, An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and - Their Insect Visitors - - Title: Nature's Garden • Neltje Blanchan



Words linked to "Ladies' slipper" :   Cypripedium arietinum, clustered lady's slipper, California lady's slipper, Cypripedium, lady's slipper, Cypripedium montanum, yellow lady's slipper, Cypripedium fasciculatum, mountain lady's slipper, orchid, common lady's-slipper, slipper orchid, genus Cypripedium, Cypripedium reginae, lady-slipper, yellow lady-slipper, Cypripedium album, Cypripedium californicum, orchidaceous plant, Cypripedium parviflorum, ram's-head, showy lady slipper, ram's-head lady's slipper, Cypripedium acaule, nerveroot, showy lady's-slipper, moccasin flower, Cypripedium calceolus



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