cypripedium

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English[edit]

A cypripedium
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Etymology[edit]

From translingual Cypripedium (genus name).

Noun[edit]

cypripedium (plural cypripediums)

  1. (botany) A member of the orchid genus Cypripedium.
    • 1791, Erasmus Darwin, The Economy of Vegetation, J. Johnson, page 201:
      The cyprepedium from South America is supposed to be of larger size and brighter colours than that from North America […] .
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