Fairy-slipper

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  fairy-slipper \fairy-slipper\ n.
     a rare north temperate bog orchid ({Calypso bulbosa}) bearing
     a solitary white to pink flower marked with purple at the tip
     of an erect reddish stalk above one basal leaf.
  
     Syn: calypso, {Calypso bulbosa}.


          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  fairy-slipper
       n : rare north temperate bog orchid bearing a solitary white to
           pink flower marked with purple at the tip of an erect
           reddish stalk above 1 basal leaf [syn: {calypso}, {Calypso
           bulbosa}]