Definition of Cypripedium montanum

1. Noun. Leafy plant having a few stems in a clump with 1 white and dull purple flower in each upper leaf axil; Alaska to northern California and Wyoming.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Cypripedium Montanum

Cyprinus carpio
Cypriot
Cypriot Arabic
Cypriot monetary unit
Cypriot pound
Cypriote
Cypriots
Cypripedium
Cypripedium acaule
Cypripedium album
Cypripedium arietinum
Cypripedium calceolus
Cypripedium calceolus pubescens
Cypripedium californicum
Cypripedium fasciculatum
Cypripedium montanum (current term)
Cypripedium parviflorum
Cypripedium reginae
Cypro-
Cyprus cedar
Cyr.
Cyrenaic
Cyrenaica
Cyrenaicism
Cyrenaics
Cyrene
Cyrenian
Cyrenians
Cyril

Literary usage of Cypripedium montanum

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Ottawa Naturalist by Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club (1905)
"I saw a lovely bunch of it in his garden in bloom, but he said it [slipped away and he did not expect to see it again next year ; Cypripedium montanum, ..."

2. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden by New York Botanical Garden (1900)
"Cypripedium montanum Dougl. ; Lindi. Orch. 528 [Bot. Cal. 2: 138]. Characterized by its 1-3 flowers, its brownish petals and sepals and the dull white ..."

3. In the Heart of the Bitter-Root Mountains: The Story of "the Carlin Hunting by Abraham Lincoln Artman Himmelwright (1894)
"... only that the corrolla is white marked with small veins of a pale red longitudinally on the inner side." This species is Cypripedium montanum. ..."

4. History of the Expedition Under the Command of Lewis and Clark: To the by Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, Elliott Coues, Thomas Jefferson (1893)
"This species is Cypripedium montanum. 14 Here a new name merely for the Glade creek of note M , p. 595. and note **, p. 594: see there. ..."

5. The Wild Flowers of California, Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Mary Elizabeth Parsons (1897)
"Described in the Miscellaneous Section:— CEPHALANTHERA OREGANA— CYPRIPEDIUM MONTANUM— Phantom Orchis. Mountain Lady's Slipper. ..."

6. Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition: 1804-1806 by Reuben Gold Thwaites (2002)
"... little above it's entrance into Clark's river, here we encamped with a view to remain two days in 1 This is the well-known orchid, Cypripedium montanum. ..."

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