cypripedium Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun genus of chiefly American perennial leafy-stemmed orchids: lady's slippers; sometimes includes species of genus Paphiopedilum
    genus Cypripedium.

WordNet

Cyp`ri*pe"di*um noun
Etymology
NL., fr. Cypris Venus + pes, pedis, foot.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) A genus of orchidaceous plants including the lady's slipper.

Webster 1913