Definition of Showy lady slipper

1. Noun. Pale pink wild orchid of northeastern America having an inflated pouchlike lip.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Showy Lady Slipper

shows off
shows up
showstopper
showstoppers
showstopping
showtime
showtimes
showup
showups
showwoman
showwomen
showy
showy daisy
showy goldenrod
showy lady's-slipper
showy lady slipper (current term)
showy milkweed
showy orchis
showy sunflower
showyard
showyards
showyness
shoyu
shoyus
shozoku
shpadoinkle
shpilkes
shraddha
shraddhas

Literary usage of Showy lady slipper

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

1. Riverby by John Burroughs (1895)
"My second new acquaintance the same season was the showy lady's-slipper. Most of the floral ladies leave their slippers in swampy places in the woods; ..."

2. Wake-robin by John Burroughs (1904)
"It does not affect the rocks, like all the other flowers of this family. My second new acquaintance the same season was the showy lady's-slipper. ..."

3. The Dial edited by Francis Fisher Browne (1904)
"The six New England species, — Ram's head moccasin- flower or lady's-slipper, white-petalled or showy lady's-slipper, small white or prairie lady's-slipper, ..."

4. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"Large white lady's-slipper; Showy lady's-slipper Herbaceous perennial Bogs, fens and swampy woods. Cypripedium hirsutum P.Mill. ..."

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