Calceolaria
//ˌkalsiːəʊˈlɛːrɪə// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Any plant of the genus Calceolaria.
- 2 any garden plant of the genus Calceolaria having flowers with large inflated slipper-shaped lower lip wordnet
Synonyms
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From translingual Calceolaria, the genus of slipperworts, from Latin calceolus (“slipper, little shoe”) + -āria (“-ary: forming plant names”), from calceus (“calceus, footwear”) + -olus (“-ole: forming diminutives”).
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