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Cypripedium acaule
(gcide) | moccasin \moc"ca*sin\, n. [An Indian word. Algonquin makisin.]
[Sometimes written moccason.]
1. A shoe made of deerskin, or other soft leather, the sole
and upper part being one piece. It is the customary shoe
worn by the American Indians.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Zool.) A poisonous snake of the Southern United States.
The water moccasin (Ancistrodon piscivorus syn.
Agkistrodon piscivorus, also called cottonmouth and
cottonmouth water moccasin) is usually found in or near
water. Above, it is olive brown, barred with black;
beneath, it is brownish yellow, mottled with darker. The
upland moccasin is Ancistrodon atrofuscus. They resemble
rattlesnakes, but are without rattles.
[1913 Webster]
Moccasin flower (Bot.), a species of lady's slipper
(Cypripedium acaule) found in North America. The lower
petal is two inches long, and forms a rose-colored
moccasin-shaped pouch. It grows in rich woods under
coniferous trees.
[1913 Webster] |
cypripedium
(wn) | Cypripedium
n 1: genus of chiefly American perennial leafy-stemmed orchids:
lady's slippers; sometimes includes species of genus
Paphiopedilum [syn: Cypripedium, genus Cypripedium] |
cypripedium acaule
(wn) | Cypripedium acaule
n 1: once common rose pink woodland orchid of eastern North
America [syn: moccasin flower, nerveroot, {Cypripedium
acaule}] |
cypripedium album
(wn) | Cypripedium album
n 1: pale pink wild orchid of northeastern America having an
inflated pouchlike lip [syn: common lady's-slipper,
showy lady's-slipper, showy lady slipper, {Cypripedium
reginae}, Cypripedium album] |
cypripedium arietinum
(wn) | Cypripedium arietinum
n 1: orchid of northern North America having a brownish-green
flower and red-and-white lip suggestive of a ram's head
[syn: ram's-head, ram's-head lady's slipper,
Cypripedium arietinum] |
cypripedium calceolus
(wn) | Cypripedium calceolus
n 1: maroon to purple-brown orchid with yellow lip; Europe,
North America and Japan [syn: yellow lady's slipper,
yellow lady-slipper, Cypripedium calceolus,
Cypripedium parviflorum] |
cypripedium calceolus pubescens
(wn) | Cypripedium calceolus pubescens
n 1: plant of eastern and central North America having slightly
fragrant purple-marked greenish-yellow flowers [syn: {large
yellow lady's slipper}, Cypripedium calceolus pubescens] |
cypripedium californicum
(wn) | Cypripedium californicum
n 1: often having many yellow-green orchids with white pouches
growing along streams and seeps of southwestern Oregon and
northern California [syn: California lady's slipper,
Cypripedium californicum] |
cypripedium fasciculatum
(wn) | Cypripedium fasciculatum
n 1: clusters of several short stems each having 2 broad leaves
and 2-4 drooping brownish to greenish flowers with pouches
mottled with purple; British Columbia to central California
and northern Colorado [syn: clustered lady's slipper,
Cypripedium fasciculatum] |
cypripedium montanum
(wn) | Cypripedium montanum
n 1: leafy plant having a few stems in a clump with 1 white and
dull purple flower in each upper leaf axil; Alaska to
northern California and Wyoming [syn: {mountain lady's
slipper}, Cypripedium montanum] |
cypripedium parviflorum
(wn) | Cypripedium parviflorum
n 1: maroon to purple-brown orchid with yellow lip; Europe,
North America and Japan [syn: yellow lady's slipper,
yellow lady-slipper, Cypripedium calceolus,
Cypripedium parviflorum] |
cypripedium reginae
(wn) | Cypripedium reginae
n 1: pale pink wild orchid of northeastern America having an
inflated pouchlike lip [syn: common lady's-slipper,
showy lady's-slipper, showy lady slipper, {Cypripedium
reginae}, Cypripedium album] |
genus cypripedium
(wn) | genus Cypripedium
n 1: genus of chiefly American perennial leafy-stemmed orchids:
lady's slippers; sometimes includes species of genus
Paphiopedilum [syn: Cypripedium, genus Cypripedium] |