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calceolate
[ kal-see-uh-leyt ]
adjective
, Botany.
- having the form of a shoe or slipper, as the labellum of certain orchids.
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Origin of calceolate1
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Example Sentences
These calceolate (calceolus, a slipper) corollas may be looked upon as consisting of two slipper-like lips.
From Project Gutenberg
Calceolate or Calceiform, slipper-shaped, like one petal of the Lady's Slipper.
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