Lady's Slipper

Definition: Lady's Slipper

Lady's Slipper

Noun

1. Any of several chiefly American wildflowers having an inflated pouchlike lip; difficult or impossible to cultivate in the garden.

Synonyms: Lady's Slipper

Synonyms: ladies' slipper (n), lady-slipper (n), slipper orchid (n). (additional references)

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Specialty Definition: Lady's Slipper

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Lady Slippers is a term used to describe a variety of orchids of the genra Paphiopedilum, Phragmipedium and Cypripedium distinguished by their slipper-shaped pouches.

An orchid of the genus Paphiopedilum

Paphiopedilum are found in the tropical forests of southeast Asia reaching as far north as southern China. Paphiopedilum is quite easy to cultivate and therefore is popular among orchid enthusiasts. In fact, overcollecting of this genus has caused some problems in its orignial habitat.

Phragmipedium, found across northern South and Central America, is also easy to cultivate as it requires lower temperatures than the Paphiopedilum, eliminating the need for a greenhouse.

I couldn't find a whole lot of information on Cypripedium, if anyone knows about it, please fix this!

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Lady's Slipper."

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Crosswords: Lady's Slipper

English words defined with "lady's slipper": California lady's slipper, clustered lady's slipper ♦ Impatiens ♦ large yellow lady's slipper ♦ moccasin flower, mountain lady's slipper ♦ ram's-head lady's slipper ♦ Venus's slipper ♦ yellow lady's slipper. (references)

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Modern Usage: Lady's Slipper

Domain	Usage
Movie/TV Titles	My Lady's Slipper (1916)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Lady's Slipper

Domain	Title
Books	The Legend of the Lady's Slipper (reference) (more book examples)
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Image Slideshow: Lady's Slipper

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Photo Album: Lady's Slipper

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	Cypripedium fasciculatum, commonly known as Clustered Lady's Slipper.Credit: Russ Holmes.		Cypripedium montanum, commonly known as Mountain Lady's Slipper.Credit: Russ Holmes.
	Cypripedium californicum, commonly known as California Lady's Slipper.Credit: Russ Holmes.		California Lady's Slipper Orchid (Cypripedium californicum) near Goolaway Gap.Credit: Terry Tuttle.
	Closeup shot of California lady's slipper (Cypripedium californicum).Credit: Russ Holmes.		Farshot of clustered lady's slipper (Crypripedium fasciculatum).Credit: Russ Holmes.
	Medium shot of mountain lady's slipper (Cypripedium montanum).Credit: Russ Holmes.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Expressions: Lady's Slipper

Expressions using "lady's slipper": California lady's slipper ♦ clustered lady's slipper ♦ large yellow lady's slipper ♦ mountain lady's slipper ♦ yellow lady's slipper. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Lady's Slipper

Language		Translations for "lady's slipper"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Bulgarian		венерин чехъл. (various references)

Czech		střevíèník obecný. (various references)

Danish		fruesko. (various references)

Dutch		vrouwenschoentje. (various references)

French		sabot de Vénus, cypripède acaule. (various references)

German		Frauenschuh. (various references)

Greek		κυπριπέδιο το πεδιλόμορφο. (various references)

Hungarian		rigópohár. (various references)

Italian		pianella della Madonna, forfallone. (various references)

Pig Latin		ady'slay ipperslay.(various references)

Portuguese		criada de sala. (various references)

Russian		венерин башмачок. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		gospina papučica. (various references)

Swedish		guckusko. (various references)

Turkish		venüsçarığı. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Lady's Slipper

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	Cypripedium calceolus L.(f. calceolus). (various references)
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Anagrams: Lady's Slipper

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "'-a-d-e-i-l-l-p-p-r-s-s-y"
	-3 letters: redisplays.
	-4 letters: dialysers, dispersal, dyspepsia, redisplay, spadilles, spiralled.
	-5 letters: appliers, apprised, apprises, dalliers, dapperly, despairs, diallers, dialyser, dialyses, displays, dressily, dripless, paisleys, parsleys, parslied, perillas, pillared, playless, psyllids, pyralids, salliers, serially, slappers, slippers, slippery, spadille, spallers, sparsely, spillers, spiraled, spirally.
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