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calceolaria

[ kal-see-uh-lair-ee-uh ]

noun

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


calceolaria

/ 藢办忙濒蝉瑟蓹藞濒蓻蓹谤瑟蓹 /

noun

  1. any tropical American scrophulariaceous plant of the genus Calceolaria: cultivated for its speckled slipper-shaped flowers Also calledslipperwort
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of calceolaria1

1840鈥50; < New Latin, equivalent to Latin calceol ( us ) small shoe ( calce ( us ) shoe + -olus -ole 1 ) + -腻谤颈补 -aria
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of calceolaria1

C18: from Latin calceolus small shoe, from calceus
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Plant out, during the last week, dahlias, hardy pelargoniums, stocks and calceolarias, protecting the dahlias from slight frosts.

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When we left that house we went to Brighton, where there was a small and gritty garden, where nothing grew but geraniums and calceolarias.

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Chrysanthemums, asters, Iceland poppies, gaillardias, pansies, bedding calceolarias, zonal pelargoniums and other plants are cultivated in immense quantities.

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Very pretty too was "Ordnance House" and its old garden, with hedges of golden calceolarias and other attractions.

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I travel, like a social pariah, Without a single calceolaria!

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