yellow lady's-slipper

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Definition of yellow lady's-slipper words

noun yellow lady's-slipper a showy orchid, Cypripedium calceolus, of eastern North America, having purple-tinged yellow flowers with an inflated lip petal. 1

before 1730

One of the 48% newest English words

An Americanism dating back to 1730-40

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