Noun
- 1. calypso, fairy-slipper, Calypso bulbosa, orchid, orchidaceous plant
- usage: 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
- 2. Calypso, sea nymph
- usage: (Greek mythology) the sea nymph who detained Odysseus for seven years
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