common lady's-slipper

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   pale pink wild orchid of northeastern America having an inflated pouchlike lip

   Synonymsshowy lady's-slippershowy lady slipperCypripedium reginaeCypripedium album

   Broaderlady's slipper

Questions about common lady's-slipper

What does common lady's-slipper mean?

common lady's-slipper means "pale pink wild orchid of northeastern America having an inflated pouchlike lip".

What is another word for common lady's-slipper?

Close synonyms include showy lady's-slipper, showy lady slipper, Cypripedium reginae, Cypripedium album. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is common lady's-slipper a common word?

common lady's-slipper is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.