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Definition of Showy lady slipper
1. Noun. Pale pink wild orchid of northeastern America having an inflated pouchlike lip.
Generic synonyms: Ladies' Slipper, Lady's Slipper, Lady-slipper, Slipper Orchid
Lexicographical Neighbors of Showy Lady Slipper
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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