Calceolaria

[kælsiә'leәriә]

Definition

(noun.) any garden plant of the genus Calceolaria having flowers with large inflated slipper-shaped lower lip.

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Definition

(n.) 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.

Checker: Marge

Definition

n. a South American genus of Scrophulariace largely cultivated as half-hardy or greenhouse plants for the beauty and variety in colour of the two-lipped slipper-like flowers.

Edited by Joanne