ca·lyp·so /kəˈlɪp(ˌ)so/
 加力索;蘭的一種


 Ca·lyp·so n.  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° N.

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 calypso
      n 1: 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]
      2: (Greek mythology) the sea nymph who detained Odysseus for
         seven years