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calceolaria Definition


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calceolaria
noun
    calceolarias
    1. Any of various annual and perennial plants and shrubs, native to Central and S America, with wrinkled leaves and characteristic two-lipped yellow, orange or red spotted flowers, the lower lip being inflated and pouch-like.
Etymology: 19c: from Latin calceolus, diminutive of calceus shoe.



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