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Part of speech

noun animate

Definition

(Sarracenia purpurea) pitcher plant; (flower or plant, Cypripedium acaule or C. arietinum) lady's slipper, moccasin flower

Noun Forms

Plural:
wiphulaksonok

Notes

(see also Sakomawi-Mali maksonol)

Example Sentences

Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey English
Neket amsqahs nemiyuk wiphulakson, nmuhsums ntiyukunehpon eli ma-te qin nihtol wen nomihtuwonol pehsuwahsuweskil naka cuwitpot ncikihtomonen. A long time ago when I first saw a lady's slipper, my grandfather told me that those flowers were rarely seen and we should leave them alone.
Wiphulakson wolikon 'cipiluwehsuwi-npisun. Lady's slipper is good as a medicine for pleurisy.

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