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Definition of Cypripedia
1. Noun. A plant or flower of the genus Cypripedium.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cypripedia
Literary usage of Cypripedia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1871)
"Gray soon after, from an examination of some American cypripedia concluded that
fecundation was ... In 18i;<iI examined some exotic cypripedia in Florence, ..."
2. The American Journal of Horticulture and Florist's Companion (1869)
"Our native cypripedia will bear forcing very well if judiciously applied. Mr.
Menand has frequently had C. acaule in flower about this season : and he now ..."
3. The Gentleman's Magazine (1887)
"... cypripedia, with successful guile, Knits her smooth brow, extinguishes her
smile-. A spider's bloated paunch and jointed arms Hide her fair form, ..."
4. An Historical and Descriptive Account of British America: Comprehending by Hugh Murray (1839)
"But the most conspicuous, both for size and singularity, are the cypripedia—the
ladies' slippers, or mocassin-flowers of America,—and four species are ..."
5. The Life and Letters of Samuel Wells Williams, LL.D.: Missionary by Frederick Wells Williams (1888)
"... Dali- barda, and cypripedia. He was not in any sense the insupportable " good
boy " of the story book. If his pranks and scrapes were few, ..."
6. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste by Luther Tucker (1865)
"... or cypripedia, which are the most hardy of the tribe ; all the requisites for
growth are wanting and they just live, leading for years a starved, ..."
7. Arctic Searching Expedition: A Journal of a Boat-voyage Through Rupert's by John Richardson (1851)
"... large, one-flowered, ladies' slippers (cypripedia). There is, in fact,
notwithstanding the near neighbourhood of the arctic circle, no want of flowering ..."
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