calceolaria

[ kal-see-uh-lair-ee-uh ]

noun
  1. any plant of the genus Calceolaria, of the figwort family, various species of which are cultivated for their slipperlike flowers.

Origin of calceolaria

1
1840–50; <New Latin, equivalent to Latin calceol(us) small shoe (calce(us) shoe + -olus-ole1) + -āria-aria
  • Also called slipper flower .

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calceolaria

/ (ˌkælsɪəˈlɛərɪə) /


noun
  1. any tropical American scrophulariaceous plant of the genus Calceolaria: cultivated for its speckled slipper-shaped flowers: Also called: slipperwort

Origin of calceolaria

1
C18: from Latin calceolus small shoe, from calceus

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