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calceolaria Bot.|ˌkælsiːəʊˈlɛərɪə, kælsɪə-|
[f. L. calceolus ‘small shoe, slipper’, dim. of calceus + botanical suffix -aria.]
‘Slipper-flower’ or ‘slipper-wort’; a genus of Scrophulariaceæ, the flower of which has some resemblance to a broad-toed slipper. Native to S. America, but cultivated in our gardens for the beauty of the flower.
1846J. Baxter Libr. Pract. Agric. I. 324 Cuttings of Calceolarias, Fuchsias, Linums, and Pelargoniums, should now be planted in a shady border. 1873R. Broughton Nancy II. 35 The scentless flame of the geraniums and calceolarias. |