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CYPRIPEDIUM

\sɪpɹˈa͡ɪpdi͡əm], \sɪpɹˈa‍ɪpdi‍əm], \s_ɪ_p_ɹ_ˈaɪ_p_d_iə_m]\

Definitions of CYPRIPEDIUM

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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genus of chiefly American perennial leafy-stemmed orchids: lady's slippers; sometimes includes species of genus Paphiopedilum

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

genus of chiefly American perennial leafy-stemmed orchids: lady's slippers; sometimes includes species of genus Paphiopedilum

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

A genus of orchidaceous plants including the lady's slipper.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

Lady's slipper.

1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
By William R. Warner

Genus of orchids; root of G. pubescens and others, reputed to be nervine.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

Of the U. S. Ph., the rhizome and rootlets of C. hirsutum and C. parviflorum. C. has been used in hysteria. The fluidextract is official. [Gr.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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