Meanings
plural calceolarias
- biologyAny 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
Synonyms & antonyms
nounany garden plant of the genus Calceolaria having flowers with large inflated slipper-shaped lower lip
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latincalceolus“slipper, little shoe”
- translingualCalceolaria
- Englishcalceolaria
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).
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Greek καλσεολαρία
- καλσεολαρία (kalseolaría)Translations
Italian calceolaria
- calceolariaTranslations
Russian кальцеоля́рия
- кальцеоля́рия (kalʹceoljárija)Translations
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with calceolaria
Cite this entry
calceolaria. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/calceolaria
“calceolaria.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/calceolaria. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “calceolaria,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/calceolaria.
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