Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun cypripedium_arietinum

1 sense of cypripedium arietinum

Sense 1
ram's-head, ram's-head lady's slipper, Cypripedium arietinum -- (orchid of northern North America having a brownish-green flower and red-and-white lip suggestive of a ram's head)
       => lady's slipper, lady-slipper, ladies' slipper, slipper orchid -- (any of several chiefly American wildflowers having an inflated pouchlike lip; difficult or impossible to cultivate in the garden)