moccasin flower

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the lady's-slipper.

a cypripedium, Cypripedium acaule, of the U.S.

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Origin of moccasin flower

An Americanism dating back to 1670–80

Words nearby moccasin flower

moby, Moby Dick, moc, Moçambique, moccasin, moccasin flower, moccasin telegraph, moccies, mocha, mocha stone, Mocha ware

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He felt his body grow limp (like one of those high-speed films of a flower wilting).
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I decorated with marigolds, which are considered the flower of the dead.
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She was obsessed with the flower-printed, scented toilet paper.
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Let the thought of self pass in, and the beauty of great action is gone, like the bloom from a soiled flower.
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The flower stems on the American varieties are much longer than those of European tobaccos and also larger.
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The print of steel-rimmed hoofs showed in the soft loam as plainly as a moccasin-track in virgin snow.
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Black Sheep retreated to the nursery and read "Cometh up as a Flower" with deep and uncomprehending interest.
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Her face was mild and pale; but it was the transparent hue of the virgin flower of spring, clad in her veiling leaves.
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British Dictionary definitions for moccasin flower

moccasin flower

noun

any of several North American orchids of the genus Cypripedium with a pink solitary flowerSee also lady's-slipper, cypripedium (def. 1)

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