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VENUS' SLIPPER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of various orchids of the genus Paphiopedilum having slender flower stalks bearing 1 to several waxy flowers with pouchlike lips
Synonyms:
Venus' slipper; Venus's shoe; Venus's slipper
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Venus' slipper" is a kind of...):
orchid; orchidaceous plant (any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors)
Holonyms ("Venus' slipper" is a member of...):
genus Paphiopedilum; Paphiopedilum (horticulturally important genus of mainly terrestrial orchids including many hybrids; southeastern Asia and Indonesia to Philippines and Solomon Islands; Paphiopedilum species sometimes included in genus Cypripedium)
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