showy lady's-slipper

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Noun1.showy lady's-slipper - pale pink wild orchid of northeastern America having an inflated pouchlike lipshowy lady's-slipper - pale pink wild orchid of northeastern America having an inflated pouchlike lip
common lady's-slipper, Cypripedium album, Cypripedium reginae, showy lady slipper
ladies' slipper, lady's slipper, lady-slipper, slipper orchid - any of several chiefly American wildflowers having an inflated pouchlike lip; difficult or impossible to cultivate in the garden
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As a forester, I've always been interested in the complicated relationships between species, and there appears to be a relationship between showy lady's-slippers and deer.
Lady's-slippers: orchids in the wild
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