cypripedium reginae

1. 1.

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

   Synonymscommon lady's-slippershowy lady's-slippershowy lady slipperCypripedium album

   Broaderlady's slipper

Questions about cypripedium reginae

What does cypripedium reginae mean?

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

What is another word for cypripedium reginae?

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

cypripedium reginae 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.