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moccasin flower † 

• one of several varieties of lady's slipper, as Cypripedium acaule or C. parviflorum.

  See also: Indian moccasin (def. 2)  Indian shoe (def. 2)  Indian slipper (def. 2)  moccasin slipper (def. 2)  

  • 1832  (1838)  I am told the spring and summer produce . . . the orange lilly . . . the moccasin flower or ladies' slipper. . . .
  • 1923  Like the fragile pink Moccasin Flower or Lady's Slipper, surprised in cloistered ravines near, it will not survive transportation.
  • 1930  _{LADY ' S SLIPPER, STEMLESS}. Moccasin Flower. Cypripedium acaule. Per. June-July. Moist Places. Slightly fragrant. The most common Lady's Slipper.