SLIPPERWORT

calceolaria, slipperwort

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

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

slipperwort (countable and uncountable, plural slipperworts)

Any of various plants of the genus Calceolaria, usually with orange or yellow flowers.

Source: Wiktionary


Slip"per*wort`, n. (Bot.)

Definition: See Calceolaria.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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