moccasin flower

American  

noun

1. the lady's-slipper.

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

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moccasin flower British  

noun

1. any of several North American orchids of the genus Cypripedium with a pink solitary flower See also lady's-slipper cypripedium

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Etymology

Origin of moccasin flower

An Americanism dating back to 1670–80

Example Sentences

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moccasin flower

She also maintained lengthy newspaper controversies with parties in Manitoba, who claimed the prior right of that province to the moccasin flower, all of whom she vanquished.

From The History of Minnesota and Tales of the Frontier by Charles E. (Charles Eugene) Flandrau

About ten years ago at Lake City, Minnesota, we tried to propagate the moccasin flower.

From Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916 by A. W. Latham

There, growing and blowing beside the cool thread of water which trickled from the spring, was a stately pink moccasin flower.

From The Power and the Glory by Arthur Ignatius Keller

There, I think, on that lonely grave,     Violets spring in the soft May shower; There, in the summer breezes, wave     Crimson phlox and moccasin flower.

From Poems by William Cullen Bryant

"He'd never seen a pink moccasin flower, and I gave him the one I had and told him where it grew."

From The Power and the Glory by Arthur Ignatius Keller