calceolaria

American

[kal-see-uh-lair-ee-uh] / ˌkæl si əˈlɛər i ə /

noun

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

calceolaria British

/ ˌkælsɪəˈlɛərɪə /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of calceolaria

1840–50; < New Latin, equivalent to Latin calceol ( us ) small shoe ( calce ( us ) shoe + -olus -ole ¹ ) + -āria -aria

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Plant out, during the last week, dahlias, hardy pelargoniums, stocks and calceolarias, protecting the dahlias from slight frosts.

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When we left that house we went to Brighton, where there was a small and gritty garden, where nothing grew but geraniums and calceolarias.

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Chrysanthemums, asters, Iceland poppies, gaillardias, pansies, bedding calceolarias, zonal pelargoniums and other plants are cultivated in immense quantities.

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Very pretty too was "Ordnance House" and its old garden, with hedges of golden calceolarias and other attractions.

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I travel, like a social pariah, Without a single calceolaria!

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