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lady's slipper

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  1. lady's slipper (noun)
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lady's slipper

noun

Definition of LADY'S SLIPPER

: any of several North American temperate-zone orchids (as of the genus Cypripedium) having flowers whose shape suggests a slipper —called also lady slipper
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First Known Use of LADY'S SLIPPER

1597

Rhymes with LADY'S SLIPPER

double-dipper, ego-tripper, gallinipper, Little Dipper, skinny-dipper

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