yellow lady's-slipper

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noun

a showy orchid, Cypripedium calceolus, of eastern North America, having purple-tinged yellow flowers with an inflated lip petal.

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Origin of yellow lady's-slipper

An Americanism dating back to 1730–40

Words nearby yellow lady's-slipper

yellow jacket, yellow jasmine, yellow jersey, yellow journalism, Yellowknife, yellow lady's-slipper, yellow lead ore, yellowlegs, yellow light, yellow line, yellow locust

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