'Cypripedium' definitions:
Definition of 'Cypripedium'
(from WordNet)
noun
Genus of chiefly American perennial leafy-stemmed orchids: lady's slippers; sometimes includes species of genus Paphiopedilum [syn: Cypripedium, genus Cypripedium]
Definition of 'Cypripedium'
From: GCIDE
- Cypripedium \Cyp`ri*pe"di*um\ (s?p`r?-p?"d?-?m), n. [NL., fr. Cypris Venus + pes, pedis, foot.] (Bot.) A genus of orchidaceous plants including the lady's slipper. [1913 Webster]