Definitions for lady's slipper

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. lady's slipper, lady-slipper, ladies' slipper, slipper orchid(noun)

    any of several chiefly American wildflowers having an inflated pouchlike lip; difficult or impossible to cultivate in the garden

Webster Dictionary

  1. Lady's slipper(u)

    any orchidaceous plant of the genus Cypripedium, the labellum of which resembles a slipper. Less commonly, in the United States, the garden balsam (Impatiens Balsamina)


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