cypripedium album

1. 1.

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

   Synonymscommon lady's-slippershowy lady's-slippershowy lady slipperCypripedium reginae

   Broaderlady's slipper

Questions about cypripedium album

What does cypripedium album mean?

cypripedium album means "pale pink wild orchid of northeastern America having an inflated pouchlike lip".

What is another word for cypripedium album?

Close synonyms include common lady's-slipper, showy lady's-slipper, showy lady slipper, Cypripedium reginae. 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 cypripedium album a common word?

cypripedium album 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.