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Definition of Cypripedium californicum
1. Noun. Often having many yellow-green orchids with white pouches growing along streams and seeps of southwestern Oregon and northern California.
Generic synonyms: Ladies' Slipper, Lady's Slipper, Lady-slipper, Slipper Orchid
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cypripedium Californicum
Literary usage of Cypripedium californicum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Botanist edited by Willard Nelson Clute (1911)
"Cypripedium californicum is the most beautiful species found west of the Rocky
Mountain Divide. It is the only native which produces a long raceme of ..."
2. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Mary Elizabeth Parsons (1906)
"Described in the Miscellaneous Section:— Cypripedium californicum—California
Lady's Slipper. ..."
3. List of Published Names of Plants Introduced to Cultivation: 1876 to 1896 by Kew Royal Botanic Gardens, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (1900)
"4.) H. A supposed natural hybrid imported from the birch forests of Western Siberia.
Cypripedium californicum. (Л. м. t. 7188.) H. A small-flowered species. ..."
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