slip·per·wort (sl p  r-wûrt , -wôrt)n. See calceolaria. |
slipperwort [ˈslɪpəˌwɜːt]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) another name for calceolaria
[so called because of the slipper-like shape of the flower]
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| Noun | 1. |  slipperwort - any garden plant of the genus Calceolaria having flowers with large inflated slipper-shaped lower lipflower - a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms genus Calceolaria - large genus of tropical American herbs and shrubs with showy cymose flowers |
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