slipperwort

(ˈslɪpəˌwɜːt) n (Plants) another name for calceolaria[C19: so called because of the slipper-like shape of the flower]

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Noun

slipperwort - any garden plant of the genus Calceolaria having flowers with large inflated slipper-shaped lower lipcalceolariaflower - a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossomsgenus Calceolaria - large genus of tropical American herbs and shrubs with showy cymose flowers

slipperwort

slipperwort:

see figwortfigwort,
common name for some members of the Scrophulariaceae, a family comprising chiefly herbs and small shrubs and distributed widely over all continents. The family includes a few climbing types and some parasitic and saprophytic forms.
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slipperwort

noun

Synonyms for slipperwort

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

Synonyms

calceolaria

Related Words

flower
genus Calceolaria

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