Cypripedium Definition

sĭprĭ-pēdē-əm
cypripedium, cypripediums
noun
Any of a genus (Cypripedium) of soil-rooted orchids of the North Temperate Zone, with flat leaves and white, yellow, or rosy-purple flowers, each having a pouchlike lip petal; lady-slipper.
Webster's New World
Any of various cultivated species (genus Paphiopedilum) of tropical orchids with fleshy, folded leaves and green, yellow, or brown-purple flowers of waxy texture.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • genus Cypripedium

Other Word Forms of Cypripedium

Noun

Singular:
cypripedium
Plural:
cypripediums

Origin of Cypripedium

  • New Latin Cypripedium genus name Late Latin Cypris Venus (from Greek Kupris Aphrodite) (from Kupros , Cyprus, legendary birthplace of Aphrodite) New Latin -pedium (alteration of Greek pedilon sandal ped- in Indo-European roots)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From the genus name.

    From Wiktionary

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