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calceolaria

cal·ceo·la·ria

UK/ˌkalsiːəʊˈlɛːrɪə/ US/ˌkalsɪəˈlɛːrɪə/ uncommon

noun

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any garden plant of the genus Calceolaria having flowers with large inflated slipper-shaped lower lip

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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”), , from calx (“heel”) + -eus (adjective-forming suffix).

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