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calceolaria

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˌkælsɪəˈlɛərɪə/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(kal′sē ə lâr′ē ə)

cal•ce•o•lar•i•a (kal′sē ə lâr′ē ə),USA pronunciation n.

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

Neo-Latin, equivalent. to Latin calceol(us) small shoe (calce(us) shoe + -olus -ole¹) + -āria -aria
1840–50

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calceolaria /ˌkælsɪəˈlɛərɪə/ n

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

Etymology: 18th Century: from Latin calceolus small shoe, from calceus

'calceolaria' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

slipperwort

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