slipper-orchid

A form of slipper orchid — Any orchid of the subfamily Cypripedioideae; a lady's slipper.

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noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of slipper orchid.

    In the taper-lit, perhaps pre-sixteeth-century room - a piece of Laughing and Triumphing needlework in the style of Rubens completely hid the walls - the capacious oval of the dinner-table, crowned by a monteith bowl filled with slipper-orchids, showed agreeably enough.

    1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page 22
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