- Slipper plant
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EthnoBotanical Dictionary. 2013.
Slipper plant
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slipper plant — noun any of several tropical American shrubby succulent plants resembling cacti but having foot shaped bracts • Syn: ↑slipper spurge • Hypernyms: ↑shrub, ↑bush • Hyponyms: ↑candelilla, ↑Pedilanthus bracteatus, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
slipper orchid — noun any of several chiefly American wildflowers having an inflated pouchlike lip; difficult or impossible to cultivate in the garden • Syn: ↑lady s slipper, ↑lady slipper, ↑ladies slipper • Hypernyms: ↑orchid, ↑orchidaceous plant • … Useful english dictionary
slipper spurge — noun any of several tropical American shrubby succulent plants resembling cacti but having foot shaped bracts • Syn: ↑slipper plant • Hypernyms: ↑shrub, ↑bush • Hyponyms: ↑candelilla, ↑Pedilanthus bracteatus, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
slipper flower — ▪ plant also called pocketbook flower, slipperwort , or pouch flower any of some 240 to 270 species of flowering plants native from Mexico to South America and named for their flowers pouchlike shape. They belong to the genus Calceolaria and … Universalium
fairy slipper — ▪ orchid (Calypso bulbosa), terrestrial orchid native to North America and Eurasia, the only species in its genus. It thrives in cool forests and bogs. A fairy slipper plant bears one flower and one dark green, crinkled leaf that arises… … Universalium
Lady's Slipper — Taxobox name = Lady s Slipper Orchids image width = 250px image caption = An orchid of the genus Paphiopedilum regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Liliopsida ordo = Asparagales familia = Orchidaceae subfamilia = Cypripedioideae… … Wikipedia
orchidaceous plant — noun any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors • Syn: ↑orchid • Hypernyms: ↑flower • Hyponyms: ↑orchis, ↑aerides, ↑angrecum, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
lady's slipper — Any member of several genera of orchids in which the lip of the flower is slipper shaped. The genus Cypripedium has about 50 temperate and subtropical species. Two well known species, the yellow lady s slipper (C. calceolus) and the pink lady s… … Universalium
ladies' slipper — noun any of several chiefly American wildflowers having an inflated pouchlike lip; difficult or impossible to cultivate in the garden • Syn: ↑lady s slipper, ↑lady slipper, ↑slipper orchid • Hypernyms: ↑orchid, ↑orchidaceous plant • … Useful english dictionary
lady's slipper — noun any of several chiefly American wildflowers having an inflated pouchlike lip; difficult or impossible to cultivate in the garden • Syn: ↑lady slipper, ↑ladies slipper, ↑slipper orchid • Hypernyms: ↑orchid, ↑orchidaceous plant • … Useful english dictionary
