venus's shoe

1. 1.

   any of various orchids of the genus Paphiopedilum having slender flower stalks bearing 1 to several waxy flowers with pouchlike lips

   SynonymsVenus' slipperVenus's slipper

   Broaderorchid

   Part ofPaphiopedilum

Questions about venus's shoe

What does venus's shoe mean?

venus's shoe means "any of various orchids of the genus Paphiopedilum having slender flower stalks bearing 1 to several waxy flowers with pouchlike lips".

What is another word for venus's shoe?

Close synonyms include Venus' slipper, Venus's slipper. 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 venus's shoe a common word?

venus's shoe 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.