'fairy-slipper' definitions:
Definition of 'fairy-slipper'
(from WordNet)
noun
Rare north temperate bog orchid bearing a solitary white to pink flower marked with purple at the tip of an erect reddish stalk above 1 basal leaf [syn: calypso, fairy- slipper, Calypso bulbosa]
Definition of 'fairy-slipper'
From: GCIDE
- fairy-slipper \fairy-slipper\ n. a rare north temperate bog orchid (Calypso bulbosa) bearing a solitary white to pink flower marked with purple at the tip of an erect reddish stalk above one basal leaf.
- Syn: calypso, Calypso bulbosa. [WordNet 1.5]