单词 | calceolaria |
释义 | calceolaria[ kal-see-uh-lair-ee-uh ] / ˌkæl si əˈlɛər i ə / nounany plant of the genus Calceolaria, of the figwort family, various species of which are cultivated for their slipperlike flowers. Also called slipper flower . Origin of calceolaria1840–50; <New Latin, equivalent to Latin calceol(us) small shoe (calce(us) shoe + -olus-ole1) + -āria-aria Words nearby calceolariacalcarine, calcarine sulcus, calcariuria, calced, calceiform, calceolaria, calceolate, calces, Calchas, calci-, calcic Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for calceolaria
British Dictionary definitions for calceolariacalceolaria / (ˌkælsɪəˈlɛərɪə) / nounany tropical American scrophulariaceous plant of the genus Calceolaria: cultivated for its speckled slipper-shaped flowersAlso called: slipperwort Word Origin for calceolariaC18: from Latin calceolus small shoe, from calceus Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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