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calceolaria
[ kal-see-uh-lair-ee-uh ]
noun
- any plant of the genus Calceolaria, of the figwort family, various species of which are cultivated for their slipperlike flowers.
calceolaria
/ ˌæɪəˈɛəɪə /
noun
- any tropical American scrophulariaceous plant of the genus Calceolaria: cultivated for its speckled slipper-shaped flowers Also calledslipperwort
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of calceolaria1
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of calceolaria1
C18: from Latin calceolus small shoe, from calceus
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Put in cuttings of bedding calceolarias, choosing the shoots that will not run up to flower.
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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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