(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 0:47:05

La"dy's slip"per (?). Bot.

Any orchidaceous plant of the genus Cypripedium, the labellum of which resembles a slipper. Less commonly, in the United States, the garden balsam (Impatiens Balsamina).

 

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