lady's-slipper vs showy lady's-slipper

showy lady's-slipper vs lady's-slipper

lady's-slipper and showy lady's-slipper both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
lady's-slipper	Yes	No	No	No
showy lady's-slipper	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, showy lady's-slipper is a hyponym of lady's-slipper; that is, showy lady's-slipper is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than lady's-slipper:

lady's-slipper: any of several chiefly American wildflowers having an inflated pouchlike lip; difficult or impossible to cultivate in the garden
showy lady's-slipper: pale pink wild orchid of northeastern America having an inflated pouchlike lip

Other hyponyms of lady's-slipper include Cypripedium acaule, moccasin flower, nerveroot, common lady's-slipper, Cypripedium album, Cypripedium reginae, showy lady slipper, Cypripedium arietinum, ram's-head, ram's-head lady's slipper, Cypripedium calceolus, Cypripedium parviflorum, yellow lady's slipper, yellow lady-slipper, California lady's slipper, Cypripedium californicum, clustered lady's slipper, Cypripedium fasciculatum, Cypripedium montanum, mountain lady's slipper.

lady's-slipper (noun)	showy lady's-slipper (noun)
any of several chiefly American wildflowers having an inflated pouchlike lip; difficult or impossible to cultivate in the garden	pale pink wild orchid of northeastern America having an inflated pouchlike lip

Difference between lady's-slipper and showy lady's-slipper

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