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calceolaria

UK/ˌkalsiːəʊˈlɛːrɪə/

calceolaria noun: any plant of the genus Calceolaria.

Noun

calceolaria (plural calceolarias)

  1. Any plant of the genus Calceolaria.
    • 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.1907, Ethel Turner, The Day of the Snail

Forms of calceolaria

pluralcalceolarias

Origin of calceolaria

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).

Words that rhyme with calceolaria

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Questions about calceolaria

What does calceolaria mean?
Calceolaria means any plant of the genus Calceolaria.
What part of speech is calceolaria?
Calceolaria is a noun.
How do you pronounce calceolaria?
Calceolaria is pronounced /ˌkalsiːəʊˈlɛːrɪə/ (UK).
What is the plural of calceolaria?
The plural of calceolaria is calceolarias.

Words near calceolaria in the dictionary

  1. calceloariosides
  2. calcemia
  3. calcemias
  4. calcemic
  5. calceocrinid
  6. calceolaria
  7. calceolariaceous
  8. calceolarias
  9. calceolarioside
  10. calceolariosides
  11. calceolate

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