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CYPRIPEDIUM ARIETINUM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Orchid of northern North America having a brownish-green flower and red-and-white lip suggestive of a ram's head
Synonyms:
Cypripedium arietinum; ram's-head; ram's-head lady's slipper
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Hypernyms ("Cypripedium arietinum" 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)