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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: calypso n : 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}] From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Calypso, NC (town, FIPS 9760) Location: 35.15459 N, 78.10501 W Population (1990): 481 (195 housing units) Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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