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genus Cypripedium

DEFINITIONS OF: genus Cypripedium

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n genus of chiefly American perennial leafy-stemmed orchids: lady's slippers; sometimes includes species of genus Paphiopedilum

Synonyms:
Cypripedium
Type of:
liliopsid genus, monocot genus
genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
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