Lady's-slipper (Noun)
Meaning
Any of several chiefly American wildflowers having an inflated pouchlike lip; difficult or impossible to cultivate in the garden.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The hiker's careful steps revealed a hidden patch of lady's-slippers blooming among the leafy underbrush of the forest.
- She remembered learning about the unique features of lady's-slippers from her botany textbook and felt excited to finally spot one in the wild.
- Botanists studying orchid populations struggled to recreate the exact conditions needed for the delicate lady's-slipper to thrive outside of its native habitats.
- Among the common and not-so-common flora depicted in the antique watercolors were images of various types of orchids, including several specimens of the exquisite lady's-slipper.
- Their slow dance of search and discovery came to a quiet close when a speck of pale green among the felled leaves announced the prized sighting of a wild lady's-slipper.