Reference meaning

calypso

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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

Related source terms

fairy-slippercalypso bulbosa

Other meanings

2. noun

(Greek mythology) the sea nymph who detained Odysseus for seven years

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