Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Calceolaria"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

calceolaria \cal`ce*o*la"ri*a\
(k[a^]l`s[-e]*[-o]*l[=a]"r[i^]*[.a]), n. [NL., fr. L.
calceolarius shoemaker, fr. calceolus, a dim. of calceus
shoe.] (Bot.)
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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

calceolaria
n : any garden plant of the genus Calceolaria having flowers
with large inflated slipper-shaped lower lip [syn: {slipperwort}]


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