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    VENUS' SLIPPER

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Any of various orchids of the genus Paphiopedilum having slender flower stalks bearing 1 to several waxy flowers with pouchlike lipsplay

    Synonyms:

    Venus' slipper; Venus's shoe; Venus's slipper

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("Venus' slipper" is a kind of...):

    orchid; orchidaceous plant (any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors)

    Holonyms ("Venus' slipper" is a member of...):

    genus Paphiopedilum; Paphiopedilum (horticulturally important genus of mainly terrestrial orchids including many hybrids; southeastern Asia and Indonesia to Philippines and Solomon Islands; Paphiopedilum species sometimes included in genus Cypripedium)

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