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Webster 1913 Edition
Cypripedium
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Cypˊri-pe′di-um
(s?pˊr?-p?′d?-?m)
, Noun.
[NL., fr.
Cypris
Venus + pes
, pedis
, foot.] (Bot.)
A genus of orchidaceous plants including the lady’s slipper.
Definition 2024
Cypripedium
Cypripedium
See also: cypripedium
Translingual
Cypripedium calceolus
Proper noun
Cypripedium n
- A taxonomic genus within the family Orchidaceae – slipper orchids.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, monocots - clades; Asparagales - order; Orchidaceae - family; Cypripedioideae - subfamily
Hyponyms
- (genus): Cypripedium calceolus - type species; for other species see Cypripedium at Tropicos.
cypripedium
cypripedium
See also: Cypripedium
English
A cypripedium
Noun
cypripedium (plural cypripediums)
- Any member of the orchid genus Cypripedium.