1. A terrestrial orchid (calypso bulbosa) native to northern temperate regions, having a rose-pink flower with an inflated pouchlike lip usually marked with white, purple, and yellow.

1. A type of music and dance that originated in the west indies (perhaps Trinidad), a ballad is characterized by improvised lyrics on topical or broadly humorous subjects, often creating satire of current events.
2. A bulbous bog orchid of the genus calypso, calypso bulbosa
3. A light blue color.

1. 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° N.

1. in botany, a genus of beautiful orchids, consisting of a single species
2. in zoology: A genus of crustaceans.
3. A genus of chalcid hymenopterous insects, of the subfamily Pireninœ, founded by Haliday in 1841: now called Euryophrys (which see).

1. (greek mythology) the sea nymph who detained odysseus for seven years
2. 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