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lady's slipper
noun[ C ]
uk /ˌleɪ.diːz ˈslɪp.ər/ us /ˈleɪ.diːz ˌslɪp.ɚ/(alsolady slipper, slipper orchid)
any of several North American orchids with flowers with a petal that looks like a slipper(= soft, comfortable shoe for wearing inside the house):
No other wild plant in Europe approaches the lady's slipper in sheer glamour.
The lady slippers come out in May.
He paints everything from slipper orchids to sunflowers.
Deeper in the forest, native orchids called pink lady slippers came back in greater numbers.
The California lady slipper orchid has adapted to growing where there are year-round springs.
Pink lady's slipper is found in both dry and wet conditions.
Slipper orchids sometimes change hands for thousands of pounds.
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