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MOUNTAIN LADY'S SLIPPER
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I. (noun)
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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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Hypernyms ("mountain lady's slipper" 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)