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ladyship

ladyship is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.The rank or position of a lady; -- given as a title (preceded by her or your.) Your ladyship shall observe their gravity. B. Jonson. LADY'S LACES La"dy's la"ces. (Bot.) A slender climbing plant; dodder. LADY'S LOOKING-GLASS La"dy's look"ing-glass`. (Bot.) See Venus's looking-glass, under Venus. LADY'S MANTLE La"dy's man"tle. (Bot.) A genus of rosaceous herbs (Alchemilla), esp. the European A. vulgaris, which has leaves with rounded and finely serrated lobes. LADY'S SEAL La"dy's seal".(Bot.) (a) The European Solomon's seal (Polygonatum verticillatum). (b) The black bryony (Tamus communis). LADY'S SLIPPER La"dy's slip"per. (Bot.) Any orchidaceous plant of the genus Cypripedium, the labellum of which resembles a slipper. Less commonly, in the United States, the garden balsam (Impatiens Balsamina). LADY'S SMOCK La"dy's smock". (Bot.) A plant of the genus Cardamine (C. pratensis); cuckoo flower. LADY'S THIMBLE La"dy's thim"ble. (Bot.) The harebell. LADY'S THUMB La"dy's thumb". (Bot.) An annual weed (Polygonum Persicaria), having a lanceolate leaf with a dark spot in the middle. LADY'S TRACES; LADIES' TRESSES; LADIES TRESSES La"dy's tra"ces, La"dies' tress"es. (Bot.) A name given to several species of the orchidaceous genus Spiranthes, in which the white flowers are set in spirals about a slender axis and remotely resemble braided hair.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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