calceolate
American
[kal-see-uh-leyt]
/ ˈkæl si əˌleɪt /
adjective
Botany.
Etymology
Origin of calceolate
1860–65; < Latin calceol ( us ) a small shoe ( calce ( us ) a shoe + -olus -ole 1 ) + -ate 1
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