cypripedium
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See also: Cypripedium
English
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Cypripedium_reginae.jpg/220px-Cypripedium_reginae.jpg)
Etymology
[edit]From translingual Cypripedium (genus name).
Noun
[edit]cypripedium (plural cypripediums)
- (botany) A member of the orchid genus Cypripedium.
- 1791, Erasmus Darwin, The Economy of Vegetation, J. Johnson, page 201:
- The cyprepedium from South America is supposed to be of larger size and brighter colours than that from North America […] .