CYPRIPEDIUM MONTANUM

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Meaning:

Leafy plant having a few stems in a clump with 1 white and dull purple flower in each upper leaf axil; Alaska to northern California and Wyoming

Synonyms:

Cypripedium montanum; mountain lady's slipper

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Cypripedium montanum" is a kind of...):

ladies' slipper; lady's-slipper; lady's slipper; lady-slipper; lady slipper; slipper orchid (any of several chiefly American wildflowers having an inflated pouchlike lip; difficult or impossible to cultivate in the garden)

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