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calceolaria
[ kal-see-uh-lair-ee-uh ]
noun
- any plant of the genus Calceolaria, of the figwort family, various species of which are cultivated for their slipperlike flowers.
calceolaria
/ ËŒ°ìæ±ô²õɪəˈ±ôɛə°ùɪə /
noun
- any tropical American scrophulariaceous plant of the genus Calceolaria: cultivated for its speckled slipper-shaped flowers Also calledslipperwort
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of calceolaria1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of calceolaria1
Example Sentences
Put in cuttings of bedding calceolarias, choosing the shoots that will not run up to flower.
When we left that house we went to Brighton, where there was a small and gritty garden, where nothing grew but geraniums and calceolarias.
Chrysanthemums, asters, Iceland poppies, gaillardias, pansies, bedding calceolarias, zonal pelargoniums and other plants are cultivated in immense quantities.
Very pretty too was "Ordnance House" and its old garden, with hedges of golden calceolarias and other attractions.
I travel, like a social pariah, Without a single calceolaria!
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