cypripedium

[ sip-ruh-pee-dee-uhm ]

noun

1. any orchid of the genus Cypripedium, comprising the lady's-slippers.

cypripedium

/ ˌsɪprɪˈpiːdɪəm /

noun

1. any orchid of the genus Cypripedium, having large flowers with an inflated pouchlike lip See also lady's-slipper
2. any cultivated tropical orchid of the genus Paphiopedilum, having yellow, green, or brownish-purple waxy flowers

Word History and Origins

Origin of cypripedium¹

1765–75; < New Latin, equivalent to Latin Cypri ( a ) Venus + -pedi- -ped + -um neuter ending

Word History and Origins

Origin of cypripedium¹

C18: from New Latin, from Latin Cypria the Cyprian, that is, Venus + pēs foot (that is, Venus' slipper)

Example Sentences

On the other hand, a double-flowered form is possibly in embryo, and before the next century closes the Cypripedium acaule Ait.

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But here I must be specific, and in truth Cypripedium insigne Sanderae is not to be so described.

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Every evening they brought in a load of orchids more or less valuable, but never Cypripedium Curtisii.

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Cypripedium Curtisii was selling in London at the moment for many guineas—a small plant too.

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A good many of them probably received commissions to find Cypripedium Spicerianum.

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