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cypripedium

[ sip-ruh-pee-dee-uhm ]

noun

  1. any orchid of the genus Cypripedium, comprising the lady's-slippers.


cypripedium

/ ˌsɪprɪˈpiːdɪəm /

noun

  1. any orchid of the genus Cypripedium, having large flowers with an inflated pouchlike lip See also lady's-slipper
  2. any cultivated tropical orchid of the genus Paphiopedilum, having yellow, green, or brownish-purple waxy flowers
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of cypripedium1

1765–75; < New Latin, equivalent to Latin Cypri ( a ) Venus + -pedi- -ped + -um neuter ending
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Word History and Origins

Origin of cypripedium1

C18: from New Latin, from Latin Cypria the Cyprian, that is, Venus + pēs foot (that is, Venus' slipper)
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Example Sentences

On the other hand, a double-flowered form is possibly in embryo, and before the next century closes the Cypripedium acaule Ait.

But here I must be specific, and in truth Cypripedium insigne Sanderae is not to be so described.

Every evening they brought in a load of orchids more or less valuable, but never Cypripedium Curtisii.

Cypripedium Curtisii was selling in London at the moment for many guineas—a small plant too.

A good many of them probably received commissions to find Cypripedium Spicerianum.

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