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資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Calypso \Ca*lyp"so\ (k[.a]*l[i^]p"s[-o]), n. [The Latinized
Greek name of a beautiful nymph.] (Bot.)
A small and beautiful species of orchid, having a flower
variegated with purple, pink, and yellow. It grows in cold
and wet localities in the northern part of the United States.
The {Calypso borealis} is the only orchid which reaches
68[deg] N.
資料來源 : WordNet®
calypso
n 1: rare north temperate bog orchid bearing a solitary white to
pink flower marked with purple at the tip of an erect
reddish stalk above 1 basal leaf [syn: {fairy-slipper},
{Calypso bulbosa}]
2: (Greek mythology) the sea nymph who detained Odysseus for
seven years