yellow lady's-slipper
noun
a showy orchid, Cypripedium calceolus, of eastern North America, having purple-tinged yellow flowers with an inflated lip petal.
Words nearby yellow lady's-slipper
yellow jack, yellow jacket, yellow jasmine, yellow jersey, yellow journalism, yellow lady's-slipper, yellow lead ore, yellow light, yellow line, yellow locust, yellow mandarin
Origin of yellow lady's-slipper
An Americanism dating back to 1730–40
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