yellow lady's slipper

noun

Cypripedium parviflorum, a type of lady's slipper orchid native to North America.

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nerverootmoccasin floweryellow lady-slipperCypripedium calceolusCypripedium parviflorum
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Meanings

nounyellow lady's slipper (plural yellow lady's slippers)

plural yellow lady's slippers

  1. Cypripedium parviflorum, a type of lady's slipper orchid native to North America.

    Synonyms: nerveroot, moccasin flower

  2. Cypripedium calceolus, a type of lady's slipper orchid native to Eurasia.
  3. Cypripedium flavum, a type of lady's slipper orchid native to China.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounCypripedium parviflorum, a type of lady's slipper orchid native to North America.

Similar
nerverootmoccasin flower

More synonyms by meaning

nounmaroon to purple-brown orchid with yellow lip; Europe, North America and Japan

Similar
yellow lady-slipperCypripedium calceolusCypripedium parviflorum
Broader
lady's slipperlady's-slipperlady-slipper
Also see
moccasin flowernerveroot

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “yellow lady's slipper,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yellow%20lady's%20slipper.

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