Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Cypripedium"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cypripedium \Cyp`ri*pe"di*um\ (s?p`r?-p?"d?-?m), n. [NL., fr.
Cypris Venus + pes, pedis, foot.] (Bot.)
A genus of orchidaceous plants including the lady's slipper.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Cypripedium
n : genus of chiefly American perennial leafy-stemmed orchids:
lady's slippers; sometimes includes species of genus
Paphiopedilum [syn: {Cypripedium}, {genus Cypripedium}]
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