calypso bulbosa

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calypso bulbosa - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

calypso bulbosa - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Calypso bulbosa
      n 1: 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, fairy- slipper
           , Calypso bulbosa]