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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.