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Definition of Moccasin flower
1. Noun. Once common rose pink woodland orchid of eastern North America.
Generic synonyms: Ladies' Slipper, Lady's Slipper, Lady-slipper, Slipper Orchid
Lexicographical Neighbors of Moccasin Flower
Literary usage of Moccasin flower
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mountain Wild Flowers of America: A Simple and Popular Guide to the Names by Julia W. Henshaw (1906)
"... verse aptly describes the fragrant Pink Lady's Slipper, or moccasin flower,
as it is often called, — a rare species which is absolutely unmistakable, ..."
2. The Mysteries of the Flowers by Herbert Waldron Faulkner (1917)
"PINK LADY'S SLIPPER; moccasin flower—Cypripedium acaule (May-June) This flower
seems to like the company of the wild pink ..."
3. The American Botanist edited by Willard Nelson Clute (1911)
"The green moccasin flower (C. fasciculatum) is one of the pigmy ... It is closely
related to the dwarf yellow moccasin flower (C. pusillum) of Florida, ..."
4. Wild Flowers Worth Knowing by Neltje Blanchan, Asa Don Dickinson (1917)
"moccasin flower; Pink, Venus', or Stemless Lady's Slipper Cypripedium acaule
Flowers—Fragrant, solitary, large, showy, drooping from end of scape, ..."
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