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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: calceolaria \cal`ce*o*la"ri*a\ (k[a^]l`s[-e]*[-o]*l[=a]"r[i^]*[.a]), n. [NL., fr L. calceolarius shoemaker, fr calceolus, a dim. of calceus shoe.] (Bot.) A genus of showy herbaceous or shrubby plants, brought from South America; slipperwort. It has a yellow or purple flower, often spotted or striped, the shape of which suggests its name From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: calceolaria n : any garden plant of the genus Calceolaria having flowers with large inflated slipper-shaped lower lip [syn: {slipperwort}]
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