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calceolaria

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌkalsiːəʊˈlɛːrɪə/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌkalsɪəˈlɛːrɪə/
  • rhymes with -ɛəɹi.ə

1

noun

Meaning 1

Any plant of the genus Calceolaria.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences

Examples

  • 1907, Ethel Turner, The Day of the Snail Such well-fed creatures he declared he had never met—no, not even excepting the ones that, gorged with his own calceolarias, had met his stricken gaze only a few mornings back.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: slipperwort

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: flower

History

Etymology

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).

Across languages

Translations

3 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Greek: καλσεολαρία (kalseolaría) — Translations
  • Italian: calceolaria — Translations
  • Russian: кальцеоля́рия (kalʹceoljárija) — Translations