CYPRIPEDIUM

noun Etymology: New Latin, genus name, from Late Latin Cypris, a name for Venus + -pedium (modification of Greek pedilon sandal) Date: 1807 any of a genus ( Cypripedium ) of Eurasian and North American terrestrial orchids having large usually showy drooping flowers with the lip inflated or pouched, any of a genus ( Paphiopedalum ) of widely cultivated Asian orchids