RAM'S-HEAD LADY'S SLIPPER

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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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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("ram's-head 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)