calceolaria
[ 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.
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Also called slipper flower .
Words nearby calceolaria
calcarine, calcarine sulcus, calcariuria, calced, calceiform, calceolaria, calceolate, calces, Calchas, calci-, calcic
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Example sentences from the Web for calceolaria
Suppression of the upper lip in such flowers as Calceolaria has been termed by Morren "apilary."
Vegetable Teratology|Maxwell T. MastersEvery child in our town used to have a Calceolaria in her own small garden plot, but I never wanted one.
Old-Time Gardens|Alice Morse Earle
British Dictionary definitions for calceolaria
calceolaria
/ (ˌkælsɪəˈlɛərɪə) /
noun
any tropical American scrophulariaceous plant of the genus Calceolaria: cultivated for its speckled slipper-shaped flowersAlso called: slipperwort
Word Origin for calceolaria
C18: from Latin calceolus small shoe, from calceus
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