calceolaria
noun
cal·ce·o·lar·ia
ˌkalsēəˈla(a)rēə
1
capitalized : a large genus of tropical American plants (family Scrophulariaceae) with highly irregular 2-parted showy flowers having a small upper lip and a large inflated slipper-shaped lower lip
2
plural -s : any garden plant of the genus Calceolaria
called also slipperwort
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Latin calceolus small shoe (diminutive of calceus shoe, from calc-, calx, heel) + New Latin -aria