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Calceolaria

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun Calceolaria has 1 sense

calceolaria(n = noun.plant) slipperwort - any garden plant of the genus Calceolaria having flowers with large inflated slipper-shaped lower lip; Array

is a kind of flower

is a member of genus calceolaria

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CIDE DICTIONARY

Calceolaria, n. [NL., fr. L. calceolarius shoemaker, fr. calceolus, a dim. of calceus shoe.].

A genus of showy herbaceous or shrubby plants, brought from South America; slipperwort. It has a yellow or purple flower, often spotted or striped, the shape of which suggests its name. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

Calceolaria, n. Bot. any plant of the genus Calceolaria, native to S. America, with slipper-shaped flowers.

Etymology

mod.L f. L calceolus dimin. of calceus shoe + - aria fem. = -ARY(1)

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