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cypriˈpedin Med.
[f. F. cypripède = Bot. L. Cypripedium Lady's slipper (Linnæus Gen. Pl. 1015), app. a corruption of Cypripodium, f. Gr. κύπρις Aphrodite + ποδίς shoe, πόδιον little foot.]
A brown powder prepared from the roots of Cypripedium pubescens, a North American orchid; used as an antispasmodic.
1863–72in Watts Dict. Chem. II. 300. |