calceolaria

American  

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

noun

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

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calceolaria British  

/ ˌkælsɪəˈlɛərɪə /

noun

1. 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

Example Sentences

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calceolaria

She has had a hybrid amaryllis and a yellow calceolaria named in her honor.

From Time Magazine Archive

I haven't been so excited since I recognized a calceolaria last year, and told my host it was a calceolaria just before he told me.

From The Sunny Side by Milne, A. A. (Alan Alexander)

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

From The Motley Muse (Rhymes for the Times) by Graham, Harry

I haven't been so excited since I recognised a calceolaria last year, and told my host it was a calceolaria just before he told me.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, May 27, 1914 by Seaman, Owen, Sir

The stereotyped bed of flaming yellow calceolaria balanced the conventional bed of flaming crimson verbena; the lavender heliotrope faced the scarlet geranium, like the four corners in a quadrille.

From Charlotte's Inheritance by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)